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coastline
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Coastline
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coast·line
/
ˈkoʊstˌlaɪn
/
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[
kohst
-lahyn
]
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noun
1.
the outline or contour of a
coast
; shoreline.
2.
the land and water lying adjacent to a shoreline.
Origin:
1855–60;
coast
+
line
1
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coastline
(ˈkəʊstˌlaɪn)
—
n
the outline of a coast, esp when seen from the sea, or the land adjacent to it
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
coastline
1860, from
coast
+
line
(n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The water that is moved by the energy is also affected by gravity, explaining
the flat body of water that hits a
coastline
.
Those with smaller canoes and kayaks can explore the mangrove-lined
coastline
.
The
coastline
is beaded with spot after spot of great waves.
Seven of the worlds biggest cities are ports, and a third of the world's
population lives on a
coastline
.
Romantic activities nearby include tandem biking, horseback riding and nature walks through floral-rich
coastline
.
So the engineers can simulate conditions along a humid, hot
coastline
at sea level, or atop an arid and cold mountain.
Merely a lucky orientation of the
coastline
and the epicenter of the quake.
Now imagine that
coastline
being slammed by two major hurricanes in one season.
We bump along past stretches of gorgeous tropical
coastline
and snake through acres of farmland.
As you zoom in on the
coastline
, more detail is revealed, so that it appears to get longer.
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