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downcoast

downcoast adjective: downstream in the direction of coastal currents.

Adjective

downcoast (comparative further downcoast or farther downcoast, superlative furthest downcoast or farthest downcoast)

  1. Downstream in the direction of coastal currents
    • Trapping of littoral drift sediment, preventing it from reaching downcoast beaches.1988 October 21, Kathie Newhouse, “Deep Appreciation”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of downcoast

comparativefurther downcoast
comparativefarther downcoast
superlativefurthest downcoast
superlativefarthest downcoast

Origin of downcoast

From down + coast.

Questions about downcoast

What does downcoast mean?
Downcoast means downstream in the direction of coastal currents.
What part of speech is downcoast?
Downcoast is an adjective.

Words near downcoast in the dictionary

  1. downclimbs
  2. downclock
  3. downclocked
  4. downclocking
  5. downclocks
  6. downcoast
  7. downcode
  8. downcoded
  9. downcodes
  10. downcoding
  11. downcoiler

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