Meaning

4 senses
  1. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.

    The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.

    a town on the coast of Trinidad

    Küste

    мо́рской бе́регmórskoj béreg, побере́жьеpoberéžʹje, бе́регbéreg

    побере́жжяpoberéžžja, узбере́жжяuzberéžžja, бе́рігbérih

    the shore of a sea or ocean

  2. (obsolete)The side or edge of something.

  3. (obsolete)A region of land; a district or country.

  4. (obsolete)A region of the air or heavens.

Examples

260 sentences
  1. Tom lived on the west coast.

  2. The town is two miles away from the coast.

    ruГород расположен в двух милях от побережья. — marafon

    deDie Stadt liegt zwei Meilen von der Küste entfernt. — Tamy

  3. We went to the coast for our summer vacation.

    ruНа летние каникулы мы отправились на побережье. — sharptoothed

  4. How far is it from here to the coast?

    deWie weit ist es von hier zur Küste? — raggione

  5. As far as I can tell, the coast is clear.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay:
Русский
By meaning 1
edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay:

Origin

From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body”), from Old French coste (“rib; side of

From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body”), from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”). Doublet of costa.

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