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coastal meaning

EN[ˈkəʊstəl] [ˈkoʊstəl] [-əʊstəl]

    Definition of coastal in English Dictionary

  • AdjectiveCOMmore coastalSUPmost coastalSUF-al
    1. (geography) Relating to the coast; on or near the coast, as a coastal town, a coastal breeze.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Global warming could wipe some coastal areas off the map.
        • These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ].
        • hese seals are a common sight on the coastal waters of Chile. ‎
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adjectives
        • Morphemes
          • Suffixes
            • Words by suffix
              • Words suffixed with -al
        Related Links:
        1. en coastally
        2. en coastal waters
        3. en coastal squeeze
        4. en coastal motor boat
        5. en coastal motor boats
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of coastal for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "coastal" is an adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
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