ATLANTIC COAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atlantic Coast mean? 

• ATLANTIC COAST (noun)
  The noun ATLANTIC COAST has 1 sense:

1. a coast of the Atlantic Ocean

  Familiarity information: ATLANTIC COAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATLANTIC COAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coast of the Atlantic Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

coast; sea-coast; seacoast; seashore (the shore of a sea or ocean)

Holonyms ("Atlantic Coast" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)

 Context examples 

The northwestern quarter of the contiguous U.S. was generally cooler than average for the month, while the southern U.S. and the Atlantic Coast states were warmer than average.

(2016 was 2nd warmest year on record for U.S., NOAA)