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seacoast

noun

  1. land next to the sea
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle English see-cost, see-coste, see coost, equivalent to sea + coast. Compare West Frisian seekoast (“seacoast”), Dutch zeekust (“seacoast”), German Seeküste (“seacoast”).

  1. The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.

    Neither chick nor child was left living the length of the seacoast.