Littoral

Word LITTORAL
Character 8
Hyphenation lit to ral
Pronunciations /ˈlɪtəɹəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Littoral"

What do we mean by littoral?

Of or on a shore, especially a seashore. adjective

A coastal region; a shore. noun

The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides. noun

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.

A littoral tract or region; the part of a country lying along the coast. noun

Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea. adjective

Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark. adjective

Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore. adjective

A shore. noun

The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels. noun

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

Of or relating to a coastal or shore region adjective

A shore.

The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Littoral

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The word "littoral" in example sentences

If you want the coast guard to operate in American littoral waters, you will need an imminent danger right next to your littoral waters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gates also said the U.S. would deploy to Singapore a newly developed warship known as the littoral combat ship, which is a smaller combat vessel designed to operate close to shorelines rather than in the open ocean. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Perhaps someone may enlighten readers by stripping away all of the legal jargon littoral, etc. and explaining what is happening here. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A coastal variant of subtropical rain forest known as littoral rain forest is capable of withstanding high levels of airborne salt. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But away from the haunts of man along the littoral is a region of startling beauty -- of rivers and lagoons and hills, their shores and slopes garmented with perennial verdure, the forest-seas bathing the bases of towering peaks. ❋ Martin [Editor] Hume (1919)

Technically, this is called the littoral area, and it is divisible into zones, each with its characteristic population. ❋ J. Arthur Thomson (1897)

What we may term the littoral or shore zone of the sea occupies a belt of prevailingly shallow water, varying in width from a few score to a few hundred miles. ❋ Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1873)

Its latest disappointment came with a change in Navy procurement strategy that effectively shuts the shipyard out of bidding on future contracts for a small, speedy vessel called the littoral combat ship. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The vessels, called littoral combat ships, are designed for tasks associated with modern warfare near land, including hunting submarines, sweeping for mines, and defeating terrorists and pirates in small boats. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Freedom is the first of two warships in a class called littoral combat ships. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In recent years the military has increasingly attended to "littoral," or coastline, warfare, as opposed to warfare taking place on the open seas, the focus of military practice in an earlier period. ❋ Eric McKinley (2009)

The LCS will be designed to replace high-value Naval assets when conducting high-end missions such as littoral Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Mine Warfare ❋ Richard Fernandez (2010)

The new push in the Navy is for "littoral" ships that would be able to support combat activities near hostile shores, requiring the creation of hostile shores of course. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The service has done a good job of thinking through how its aircraft carriers and submarines can contribute to near-shore, or "littoral" operations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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