coastline
The shape, outline, or boundary of a coastThe shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)
» The city has a long coastline.
У города длинная береговая линия.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)
The sweep of the rocky Southern California coastline off Point Fermin.
Küstenlinie
берегова́я ли́нияberegovája línija
бережи́наberežýna
- the outline of a coast
Examples
33 sentencesThe city has a long coastline.
ruУ города длинная береговая линия.
Algeria has a narrow fertile coastline.
They closed this entire length of coastline.
Djibouti's coastline is crowded with foreign bases.
They took a sunset cruise along the coastline.
Translations
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Origin
From coast + line.From coast + line.
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Forms
plural: coastlines| Singular | coastline |
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Synonyms
10 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable