Waterfront
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Waterfront is a noun meaning The land alongside a body of water.
Meaning
The land alongside a body of water.
Example Sentences
As I waited to meet with Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, on the 25th floor of an office building in downtown Seattle, I stared out at the city’s waterfront and thought: God fucking damn it.
The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.
With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks.
Word Forms
- waterfronts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lakeshore, riverside, riverine, seaside, beach, shoreline.
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