coastline

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkəʊstlaɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkoʊstˌlaɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kōst′līn′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
coast•line /ˈkoʊstˌlaɪn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Geographythe outline of a coast;
    shoreline:a rugged coastline.
  2. Geographythe land and water lying next to a shoreline.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
coast•line  (kōst′līn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Geographythe outline or contour of a coast;
    shoreline.
  2. Geographythe land and water lying adjacent to a shoreline.
  • coast + line1 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
coastline / ˈkəʊstˌlaɪn/
  1. the outline of a coast, esp when seen from the sea, or the land adjacent to it
'coastline' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Barbary Coast - Cork - Cornwall - Devon - Donegal - Europe - French Shore - Galway - Norway - Rhode Island - Scotland - angularity - bluff - indentation - infest - inlet - reentrant - sight - skerry - trend - yellow alert

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