Coast Kəʊst Sea Stretch Noun Trip Plan Swim

• a trip to the coast
• they plan to swim around the coast of ireland.
• the southern/northern/eastern/western coast of spain
• a town on the south/east coast of england

coast

1. the land next to or near to the sea or ocean
• a trip to the coast
• They plan to swim around the coast of Ireland.
• the southern/northern/eastern/western coast of Spain
• a town on the south/east coast of England
• islands off the north/west coast of Scotland
• We walked along the coast for five miles.
• We spent the day at the coast.
• a holiday by the coast
• He cycled 2  500 miles across Australia from coast to coast.
• the Atlantic coast
• That's a pretty stretch of coast.
• The coast road is closed due to bad weather.

Extra Examples

• The coast stretched far into the distance.
• The path hugs the coast all the way to Riomaggiore.
• They sailed around the coast to St John's.
• This stretch of coast is famous for its beaches.
• We drove south along the coast.
• a village on the Mediterranean coast
• an island two miles off the coast of Brazil
• the long stretch of coast between Lowestoft and Felixstowe
• He disappeared in a mountainous area near the Welsh coast.
• The next scene is famously set on ‘a sea coast in Bohemia’.
2. there is no danger of being seen or caught
• As soon as the coast was clear, he climbed in through the window.

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘side of the body’), from Old French coste (noun), costeier (verb), from Latin costa ‘rib, flank, side’. The current noun sense arose from the phrase coast of the sea ‘side of the sea’.