seaboard

noun

sea·​board ˈsē-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce seaboard (audio)
Synonyms of seaboardnext
: seacoast
also : the country bordering a seacoast
seaboard adjective

Examples of seaboard in a Sentence

He lives on the eastern seaboard.
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Add a day trip or two to see more of Oregon’s Pacific seaboard. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026 In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 These competing priorities continue to collide within the PJM regional grid, which covers a vast swath of the Eastern seaboard from North Carolina through Pennsylvania, extending westward all the way into Illinois. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Here in the United States, El Niños typically result in wetter, warmer winters for the West Coast and a milder hurricane season for the Atlantic seaboard. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for seaboard

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First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of seaboard was in 1613

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seaboard

noun
sea·​board ˈsē-ˌbō(ə)rd How to pronounce seaboard (audio)
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: seacoast
also : the country bordering a seacoast
seaboard adjective

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