Kilo Lingo

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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This word is part of lesson 17.