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coast·line

 (kōst′līn′)
n.
The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast.
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coastline

(ˈkəʊstˌlaɪn)
n
(Physical Geography) the outline of a coast, esp when seen from the sea, or the land adjacent to it
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coast•line

(ˈkoʊstˌlaɪn)

n.
1. the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
2. the land and water lying adjacent to a shoreline.
[1855–60]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.coastline - the outline of a coastcoastline - the outline of a coast    
lineation, outline - the line that appears to bound an object
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Translations

coastline

[ˈkəʊstlaɪn] Nlitoral m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

coastline

[ˈkəʊstlaɪn] ncôte f, littoral m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

coastline

[ˈkəʊstˌlaɪn] nlitorale m, linea costiera
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References in classic literature ?
Beginning with a raid on two steamship companies, it developed into a pitched battle with a city, a state, and a continental coastline. Very well; they wanted fight, and they would get it.
I had seen a distant headland past the extreme edge of the promontory, and as we looked we could see grow the intervening coastline of what was evidently a deep cove.
As close in as we dared cruise, we found fathomless depths, and always the same undented coastline of bald cliffs.
We both scanned the water and the coastline. Bradley evidently discovered something, or at least thought that he had.
But to blockade and watch a coastline is one thing, to blockade and watch the whole surface of a country is another, and cruisers and privateers are things that take long to make, that cannot be packed up and hidden and carried unostentatiously from point to point.
With the model, it is possible to make accurate predictions quickly - within a few minutes - of how the coastline will develop in the vicinity of inlets as a result of rising sea levels.
Four major events had the potential to adversely influence the unemployment rate of the coastline counties along the Gulf of Mexico from 2000 to 2010: the 2001 recession, the 2005 hurricane season, the 2007-2009 recession, and a major oil spill caused by an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in April 2010.
Alisha Gomez Berman has been named interim city editor of the Laguna Beach (Calif.) Coastline Pilot.
West Bengal, which has a lengthy coastline, is vulnerable to such attacks and the Navy has decided to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from an air enclave it proposes to set up at the Behala Flying Club here.
TREE lover Sophie Churchill took on the mammoth challenge of walking the length of the Jurassic Coastline in aid of the charity TREE AID.
There's also islands off the British coastline offering their own unique culture and attractions.
This rugged part of the coastline on South Stack, which forms most of the northern part of the bay known as Abraham's Bosom, has earned various titles acknowledging both its beauty and importance, being designated a Heritage Coastline and within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scienti?c interest.