Littoral

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or on a shore, especially a seashore: a littoral property; the littoral biogeographic zone.
  • n. A coastal region; a shore.
  • n. The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.
  • n. A shore.
  • n. The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
  • adj. Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea or a great lake; frequenting or living near the shore: as, littoral trade; littoral fishes or vegetation.
  • Situated or bordering on a shore: as, the Littoral Provinces (Litorale or Küstenland), a division of Austria on the east coast of the Adriatic.
  • n. A littoral tract or region; the part of a country lying along the coast.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
  • adj. of or relating to a coastal or shore region
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seashore    seacoast    coast   
    Cross Reference
    littoral zone    littoral rocks    littoral cordon   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coastal    intertidal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    literal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    subtropical    oceanic    steppe    seaboard    lowland   
     
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