Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downcoast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: down-coast
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Downstream in the direction of coastal currents

Example Sentences

"Trapping of littoral drift sediment, preventing it from reaching downcoast beaches."

Etymology

From down + coast.

Inflected Forms

further downcoast (comparative) farther downcoast (comparative) furthest downcoast (superlative) farthest downcoast (superlative)

Questions

What does downcoast mean?: Downstream in the direction of coastal currents
Where does downcoast come from?: From down + coast.

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