coast
/kəʊst/
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Translation
The land right next to the sea.
Word origin
From Old French coste, meaning rib or side, later the side of the land by the sea.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- coste
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcoasts
Examples
along .
"Coast" is the land right next to the sea.
.
Here "coast" is the strip of land beside the sea.
east west .
"Coasts" is the plural, meaning more than one coast.
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