sea-coast

Questions about sea-coast

What does sea-coast mean?

sea-coast means "the shore of a sea or ocean".

How many syllables are in sea-coast?

sea-coast has 4 syllables and divides as se-a--co-ast under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sea-coast?

Close synonyms include seashore, coast, seacoast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sea-coast a common word?

sea-coast is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.