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waterfront

[ waw-ter-fruhnt, wot-er- ]

noun

  1. land on the edge of a body of water.
  2. a part of a city or town on such land; wharf or dock section.
  3. a container placed before a stove to heat water.


waterfront

/ ˈɔːəˌڰʌԳ /

noun

  1. the area of a town or city alongside a body of water, such as a harbour or dockyard
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of waterfront1

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70; water + front
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Idioms and Phrases

see cover the field (waterfront) .
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She said Kamon had refused to facilitate the sale of a $2.4-million waterfront mansion he owned in the Bahamas and had not turned over $1 million discovered in Hungarian and Bahamian banks.

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Back then the waterfronts of Port Glasgow and neighbouring Greenock were filled with shipyards.

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Parcel by parcel, the land along the city’s waterfront was transformed into entertainment venues, parks and trails.

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“These are both areas with very low land elevations that could be impacted by a small increase in waterfront flooding,” the geological survey said.

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Even on the waterfront, where several pockets of homes remained — the devastation appeared to have occurred in clumps.

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