seaboard

  • 11seaboard — n. (esp. AE) 1) the eastern seaboard 2) on the (eastern) seaboard * * * [ siːbɔːd] (esp. AE) the eastern seaboard on the (eastern) seaboard …

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  • 12seaboard — /see bawrd , bohrd /, n. 1. the line where land and sea meet. 2. a region bordering a seacoast: the Eastern seaboard. adj. 3. bordering on or adjoining the sea. [1350 1400 for earlier sense porthole cover ; 1480 90 in phrases at, on, to seaboard… …

    Universalium

  • 13seaboard — sea|board [ˈsi:bo:d US bo:rd] n the part of a country that is near the sea eastern/western/Pacific etc seaboard ▪ the eastern seaboard of the US …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14seaboard — [[t]si͟ːbɔː(r)d[/t]] seaboards N COUNT: usu the N in sing The seaboard is the part of a country that is next to the sea; used especially of the coasts of North America. ...the Eastern seaboard of the USA. Syn: coast …

    English dictionary

  • 15seaboard — UK [ˈsiːˌbɔː(r)d] / US [ˈsɪˌbɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms seaboard : singular seaboard plural seaboards the part of a country that is next to the sea …

    English dictionary

  • 16seaboard — noun Date: 1781 seacoast; also the country bordering a seacoast • seaboard adjective …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17seaboard — noun The area bordering the sea; a coastline. While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the… …

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  • 18seaboard — noun (C) the part of a country that is near the sea: the eastern seaboard of the US …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19seaboard — sea•board [[t]ˈsiˌbɔrd, ˌboʊrd[/t]] n. 1) the line where land and sea meet 2) a region bordering a seacoast: the eastern seaboard[/ex] 3) bordering on the sea • Etymology: 1780–90 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20seaboard — /ˈsibɔd / (say seebawd) noun 1. the line where land and sea meet; the seashore. 2. a region of a country adjoining the coast: *The men reared in the cities on the seaboard, living sedentary lives in shops, banks, or counting houses, are doubtless …