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seaside resort

seaside resort noun: a coastal location specialising in catering for holidays (vacations).

Noun

seaside resort (plural seaside resorts)

  1. A coastal location specialising in catering for holidays (vacations).
    • Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308
    • This is a far cry from the days when summer Saturdays on the North Wales coast were by far the busiest days of the year, with successive full length loco-hauled trains, but life has changed: families no longer travel by rail to spend a fortnight's holiday at British seaside resorts!2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 97

Forms of seaside resort

pluralseaside resorts

Questions about seaside resort

What does seaside resort mean?
Seaside resort means a coastal location specialising in catering for holidays (vacations).
What part of speech is seaside resort?
Seaside resort is a noun.
What is the plural of seaside resort?
The plural of seaside resort is seaside resorts.

Words near seaside resort in the dictionary

  1. seaside grape
  2. seaside oxeye
  3. seaside oxeyes
  4. seaside plantain
  5. seaside plum
  6. seaside resort
  7. seaside resorts
  8. seaside rock
  9. seaside sparrow
  10. seasider
  11. seasiders

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