noun
a plain adjacent to a coast
• Hypernyms: ↑land, ↑dry land, ↑earth, ↑ground, ↑solid ground, ↑terra firma
• Hyponyms: ↑tidewater
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noun : a plain extending inland from a seashore commonly the result of geologically recent emergence of the land
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a plain extending along a coast.
[1895-1900, Amer.]
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coastal plain,
a flat stretch of land along a coast: »
Coastal plains, which characterize every continent to a greater or less degree, represent uplifted sea bottom (White and Renner).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.