Meaning

1 senses

  1. The area bordering the sea; a coastline; a sealine.

More definitions
  • the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The storm moved quickly along the eastern seaboard.

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  2. This place has the best vegan food on the eastern seaboard.

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  3. Many historic towns grew up on the Atlantic seaboard.

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Origin

From earlier sea-bord, perhaps continuing (with change in meaning) Middle English see bord

From earlier sea-bord, perhaps continuing (with change in meaning) Middle English see bord (“porthole cover, seaward side”), equivalent to sea + board.

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Forms

plural: seaboards
Singularseaboard
Pluralseaboards

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort:seaside

Word family

1 related words
Derivedinterseaboard

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scytheB2seaA1seabedseabirdseafoodA2seafrontseagull
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