SEABOARD


Meaning of SEABOARD in English

sea ‧ board /ˈsiːbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

the part of a country that is near the sea

eastern/western/Pacific etc seaboard

the eastern seaboard of the US

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THESAURUS

▪ coast noun [countable] the part of a country that is close to the sea:

The hurricane struck Florida’s coast.

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St Andrew’s is on the east coast of Scotland.

▪ shore noun [uncountable and countable] the land along the edge of the sea or along the edge of a lake:

The children managed to swim to shore but their father was swept out to sea.

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Vevey is a pretty town on the shores of Lake Geneva.

▪ the seashore the land along the edge of the sea, especially where there is sand and rocks:

Waves were crashing onto the seashore.

▪ coastline noun [countable] the edge of the land next to the sea. Used especially about a long length of land or the shape it makes, for example as seen from the air:

The road follows the rugged coastline of northern France for nearly 100 miles.

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Environmentalists are concerned about possible damage to some of the most beautiful stretches of Welsh coastline.

▪ seaboard noun [countable] the part of a country that is close to the sea. Used mainly about very large countries such as the US or Australia: western/eastern etc seaboard :

Australia’s eastern seaboard

| Atlantic/Pacific etc seaboard :

the Atlantic seaboard of the US

▪ the seaside British English a place at the edge of the sea where people go for a holiday:

The children love going to the seaside.

▪ by the sea British English , by the ocean American English on land next to the sea:

We bought a small cottage by the sea.

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He always walks by the ocean in the early morning.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.