coast mountains
noun · n
Simple meaning
A string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kohstmowntuhnzSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkoʊstˈmaʊntənz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
n
A major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia south to the Fraser River.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
Used this way, coast mountains is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
Share your sentence
Use This Word
See how this word sounds in a real sentence.
Ask Vocabaura
Understand the word your way.
What Does It Mean Here?
Words can change meaning depending on context.
Use it yourself
Knowing “coast mountains” starts when you use it. Pick a next step, all free.
Dictionary data from Wiktionary via the Free Dictionary API. Simple meanings, combinations and word intelligence are built from verified reference data, no AI is used to load this page.