wa·ter·side

[waw-ter-sahyd, wot-er-]
noun
1.
the margin, bank, or shore of a river, lake, ocean, etc.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or situated at the waterside: waterside insects; a waterside resort.
3.
working by the waterside: waterside police.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see water, side1

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waterside (ˈwɔːtəˌsaɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a.  the area of land beside a body of water
 b.  (as modifier): waterside houses

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Waterside is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
It can be difficult to locate the waterside inlet of boils.
And the expansion of waterside farms, which hippos often raid, has increased the risk that the animals will tangle with people.
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