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shorefront

shorefront noun: the area fronting on a coastline.

Noun

shorefront (plural shorefronts)

  1. The area fronting on a coastline.

Adjective

shorefront (not comparable)

  1. Of property or real estate: adjacent to the shore.
    • A small trailer with a sign out front was advertising Beachtown, a New Urbanist community of pastel-colored shorefront homes.2007 March 18, Kristina Shevory, “Texans Find Their Own Hamptons Equivalent”, in New York Times

Forms of shorefront

pluralshorefronts

Origin of shorefront

From shore + -front.

Words that rhyme with shorefront

Questions about shorefront

What does shorefront mean?
Shorefront means the area fronting on a coastline.
What part of speech is shorefront?
Shorefront can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of shorefront?
The plural of shorefront is shorefronts.

Words near shorefront in the dictionary

  1. shoreface
  2. shorefaces
  3. shorefast
  4. shorefish
  5. shorefishes
  6. shorefront
  7. shorefronts
  8. shoregoing
  9. Shoreham
  10. Shoreham-by-Sea
  11. shoreland

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