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waterfront
/ ˈwɔːtəˌfrʌnt /
noun
- the area of a town or city alongside a body of water, such as a harbour or dockyard
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Word History and Origins
Origin of waterfront1
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Idioms and Phrases
see cover the field (waterfront) .Discover More
Example Sentences
Venetians sip their coffee in quiet squares and walk their dogs along the waterfront with nary a tourist in sight.
The vision for the waterfront restaurant (which has yet to name a chef) is boathouse-chic.
After HUAC and Waterfront, he writes of his exhaustion and doubts.
Lennon had got the sailing bug on Long Island where he and Ono had a house on the waterfront.
His new novel, The Big Crowd, is set amidst the violence and corruption of the crime-ridden New York waterfront of the 1940s.
One of his most famous art works is an etched view of the waterfront at Richmond.
After dusk, the crew poured en masse to the nearest waterfront saloon with me.
In the moonlight, the ruined piers spread along the waterfront to either side of them, some even slanting into the silvered water.
I been along the waterfront long enough t' know that th' lad that picks up a floater gets a reward o' ten dollars from th' city.
The wide thoroughfare running along the waterfront presented a scene of bewildering confusion.
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