littoral
C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
General adjective
Of or on the shore, especially the zone between high and low tide.
The littoral flats teemed with wading birds probing the drying mud.
Law adjective
Relating to the shore of the sea or a lake, and to land bordering it.
The littoral owner's boundary shifted with the gradual accretion of the beach.
Business adjective
Relating to or situated on the shore of a sea or lake.
The resort's littoral parcels commanded premium prices for their direct beach frontage.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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