seacoast

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English see-cost, see-coste, see coost, equivalent to sea +‎ coast. Compare West Frisian seekoast (“seacoast”), Dutch zeekust (“seacoast”), German Seeküste (“seacoast”).

Noun

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seacoast (plural seacoasts)

  1. the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean

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