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oceanfront

oceanfront adjective: of property or real estate: adjacent to the ocean.

Adjective

oceanfront (not comparable)

  1. Of property or real estate: adjacent to the ocean.
    • According to officials, hundreds of North Carolina oceanfront properties are threatened by erosion.1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 511

Noun

oceanfront (plural oceanfronts)

  1. A property that is adjacent to the ocean.
  2. The side of a property that faces the ocean.

Forms of oceanfront

Adjective
alternative formocean front
Noun
pluraloceanfronts

Origin of oceanfront

From ocean + front.

Questions about oceanfront

What does oceanfront mean?
Oceanfront means of property or real estate: adjacent to the ocean.
What part of speech is oceanfront?
Oceanfront can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near oceanfront in the dictionary

  1. oceanborne
  2. oceanet
  3. oceanets
  4. oceanfarer
  5. oceanfarers
  6. oceanfront
  7. oceanfronts
  8. oceanful
  9. oceangoing
  10. Oceania
  11. Oceanian

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