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coast
What does coast mean?
coast (noun): the shore of a sea or ocean.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce coast?
/koʊst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does coast come from?
From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body”), from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (Modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to coast
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “coast” mean?
a raised horizontal surface
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a small amount of something
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a person who owns something
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the shore of a sea or ocean
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