Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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

More definitions
  • the outline of a coast

Examples

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  1. The city has a long coastline.

    ruУ города длинная береговая линия.

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  2. Algeria has a narrow fertile coastline.

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  3. They closed this entire length of coastline.

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  4. Djibouti's coastline is crowded with foreign bases.

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  5. They took a sunset cruise along the coastline.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From coast + line.

From coast + line.

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