| NOUN | object | seacoast, seashore, coast, sea-coast | the shore of a sea or ocean |
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| Sounds | siy'kow.st | |
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| Rhymes | almost ... westernmost: 30 rhymes with owst... | |
| Meaning | The shore of a sea or ocean. | |
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| Synonyms | seashore, coast, sea-coast | |
| Instances | Aeolis, Aeolia | An ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC |
| 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 |
| Narrower | landfall | The seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) |
| 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 |
| Spanish | costa, costera, litoral, playa | |
| Catalan | costa, litoral, maresme, platja | |
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