MEANING
The part of a country lying along its sea coast.
Use it for
describing a country’s coastal region; grouping ports along one side of a continent; contrasting coastal and inland areasNames the coastal region of a country rather than the exact line where water meets land. Writing functions: Coastal region.
Words that belong together
- the eastern seaboard
- along the seaboard
- seaboard towns
On the page
Storm warnings spread along the northern seaboard.
Trade linked the seaboard towns long before roads reached the interior.
Word forms
- Base
- seaboard
Usage notes
Countable noun, usually singular: seaboard, seaboards. Common with a directional adjective. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (dictionary-informed qualitative editorial estimate; not a measured frequency).
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