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coastward

coastward adjective: towards the coast.

Adjective

coastward (not comparable)

  1. towards the coast

Adverb

coastward (not comparable)

  1. towards the coast

Antonyms of coastward

Origin of coastward

From coast + -ward.

Questions about coastward

What does coastward mean?
Coastward means towards the coast.
What part of speech is coastward?
Coastward can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near coastward in the dictionary

  1. coasts
  2. coastside
  3. coastsides
  4. coastwaiter
  5. coastwaiters
  6. coastward
  7. coastwards
  8. coastwatcher
  9. coastwatchers
  10. coastwatching
  11. coastways

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