English > coast: 5 senses > noun 1, object| Meaning | The shore of a sea or ocean. |
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| Synonyms | seashore, seacoast, sea-coast |
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| Instances | Aeolis, Aeolia | An ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC |
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| Atlantic Coast | A coast of the Atlantic Ocean |
| Barbary Coast | The Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates |
| Gulf Coast | A seashore of the Gulf of Mexico |
| Pacific Coast | A coast of the Pacific Ocean |
| Parts | foreshore | The part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark |
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| Narrower | landfall | The seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) |
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| littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands | The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean |
| seaside, seaboard | The shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort |
| tideland | Land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide |
| Broader | shore | The land along the edge of a body of water |
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| Spanish | costa, costera, litoral, playa |
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| Catalan | costa, litoral, maresme, platja |
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| Adjectives | coastal | located on or near or bordering on a coast |
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| coastal | of or relating to a coast |
