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seacoast

/sˈikˌoʊst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
sea-coast
IPA
/sˈikˌoʊst/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

seacoasts (plural)

Synonyms

seashore coast sea-coast

Questions

How do you pronounce seacoast?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈikˌoʊst/.
What does seacoast mean?
The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.
Where does seacoast come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce seacoast

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/sˈikˌoʊst/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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