GULF COAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf Coast mean? 

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

1. a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF COAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seashore of the Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Golfo de Mexico; Gulf of Mexico (an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico)

 Context examples 

They found that weak El Niños led to tornado outbreaks in May throughout the Upper Midwest, while strong El Niños led to outbreaks in February across Central Florida and the Gulf Coast.

(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)