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Meaning of COASTAL

Pronunciation:  'kowstl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  located on or near or bordering on a coast; "coastal marshes"; "coastal waters"; "the Atlantic coastal plain"
  2. [adj]  of or relating to a coast; "coastal erosion"
 
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 Synonyms: coastwise, inshore, maritime, seaboard(a), seashore(a), seaside(a), seaward, shore(a)
 
 Antonyms: inland
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Coast"al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a coast.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: bordering, borderline, boundary, bounding, determinant, determinative, determining, extreme, fringing, frontier, limbic, liminal, limit, limiting, littoral, marginal, rimming, riparial, riparian, riparious, riverside, seaside, shore, shoreside, shoreward, skirting, terminal, threshold
 

 

 

 

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