LITTORAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does littoral mean? 

• LITTORAL (noun)
  The noun LITTORAL has 1 sense:

1. the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

  Familiarity information: LITTORAL used as a noun is very rare.

• LITTORAL (adjective)
  The adjective LITTORAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a coastal or shore region

  Familiarity information: LITTORAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITTORAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

litoral; littoral; littoral zone; sands

Hypernyms ("littoral" is a kind of...):

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

• LITTORAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a coastal or shore region

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

littoral (the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean)