seaboard

[ see-bawrd, -bohrd ]
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noun
  1. the line where land and sea meet.

  2. a region bordering a seacoast: the Eastern seaboard.

adjective
  1. bordering on or adjoining the sea.

Origin of seaboard

1
1350–1400 for earlier sense “porthole cover”; 1480–90 in phrases at, on, to seaboard on the seaward side; 1815–25 for def. 1; Middle English seebord.See sea, starboard

Other words from seaboard

  • in·ter·sea·board, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for seaboard

seaboard

/ (ˈsiːˌbɔːd) /


noun
    • land bordering on the sea; the seashore

    • (as modifier): seaboard towns

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