sea-coast

1. The shore of a sea or ocean (synset 109451197)
   is a type of: shore - the land along the edge of a body of water
   subtypes:

   • litoral, littoral, littoral zone, sands - the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
   • landfall - the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
   • seaboard, seaside - the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort
   • tideland - land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide
   specific instances:

   • barbary coast - the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates
   • aeolia, aeolis - an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC
   • atlantic coast - a coast of the Atlantic Ocean
   • gulf coast - a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico
   • pacific coast - a coast of the Pacific Ocean
   has: foreshore - the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
   same as: coast, seacoast, seashore

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