The rugged coast, shaped by centuries of wave erosion, provides a natural habitat for numerous marine species.
这条崎岖的海岸经过数百年海浪侵蚀，为众多海洋物种提供了自然栖息地。
- The service dramatically reduced mail delivery time between the coasts, from weeks to about ten days.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
The Great Barrier Reef, despite its name, is not a single continuous structure but a system of nearly 3,000 individual reefs and hundreds of islands stretching over 1,400 miles along Australia's northeastern coast.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
Which choice best defines “coast”?
D — Seashore. “coast” means seashore.
Which word means “seashore”?
B — coast. “coast” means seashore.
coast — seashore. In Chinese: 海岸.
coast is pronounced /koʊst/.
The rugged coast, shaped by centuries of wave erosion, provides a natural habitat for numerous marine species. (这条崎岖的海岸经过数百年海浪侵蚀，为众多海洋物种提供了自然栖息地。)
shore, seaboard, shoreline — all close in meaning to coast (seashore).
interior, inland — each the opposite of coast (seashore).
Yes. coast is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
coast (coastline)