"coastline" meaning in English

See coastline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coastline.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-coastline.wav [US] Forms: coastlines [plural]
Etymology: coast + line Etymology templates: {{compound|en|coast|line}} coast + line Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coastline (countable and uncountable, plural coastlines)
  1. The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: coast, beachfront, coastland, shore, shoreline, seashore, seaside, oceanfront, shorefront, waterfront Translations (the shape of a coast): брегова́ ли́ния (bregová línija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 海岸線 (Chinese Mandarin), 海岸线 (hǎi'ànxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), pobřežní čára [feminine] (Czech), pobřeží [neuter] (Czech), kystlinje [common-gender] (Danish), kustlijn [common-gender] (Dutch), marbordo (Esperanto), rantaviiva (Finnish), rive [feminine] (French), littoral [masculine] (French), სანაპირო ზოლი (sanaṗiro zoli) (Georgian), Küstenlinie [feminine] (German), 海岸線 (kaigansen) (alt: かいがんせん) (Japanese), tahatika (Maori), tātika (Maori), kystlinje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kystline [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kystlinje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kosta (Papiamentu), linha costeira [feminine] (Portuguese), coastă [feminine] (Romanian), litoral [neuter] (Romanian), берегова́я ли́ния (beregovája línija) [feminine] (Russian), línea costera [feminine] (Spanish), kustlinje [common-gender] (Swedish), бережи́на (berežýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "uk",
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