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Word entry · 5 letters

coast

Best crossword clue

"Border along the sea"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kəʊst/Part of speech noun, verbSorted acostStarts with CEnds with T6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Land beside the sea

Word origin

From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body”), from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”). Doublet of costa.

Used in a sentence

  • “The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.”
  • “And the Coaſt towards which the lines KL and VX are drawn, may be call’d the Coaſt of unuſual Refraction.”
  • “Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof […]”

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Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01“Border along the sea”5 letters
02“Edge of the sea”5 letters
03“Land along the sea”5 letters
04“Land beside the sea”5 letters
05“Seashore”5 letters
06“Land by the sea”5 letters

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