waterfront
waterfront noun: the land alongside a body of water.
Noun
waterfront (plural waterfronts)
- The land alongside a body of water.
- With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks.1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7
waterfront meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
waterfront in Hindi
- वाटरफ्रंट
waterfront in Urdu
- ساحل
waterfront in Bengali
- ওয়াটারফ্রন্ট
waterfront in Telugu
- వాటర్ ఫ్రంట్, వాటర్ఫ్రంట్
More languagesFewer languages
- waterfront in Malayalam
- പട്ടണത്തിൻറെ നദീതടപ്രദേശം
- waterfront in Kannada
- ಜಲಾಭಿಮುಖ
- waterfront in Punjabi
- ਵਾਟਰਫ੍ਰੰਟ, ਵਾਟਰਫਰੰਟ
- waterfront in Gujarati
- વોટરફ્રન્ટ, વોટરફ્રંટ
- waterfront in Odia
- ଜଳପ୍ରାନ୍ତ, ୱାଟରଫ୍ରଣ୍ଟ, ୱାଟରଫ୍ରଣ୍ଟ୍
- waterfront in Nepali
- वाटरफ्रन्ट
Examples of waterfront in a sentence
- The council announced a new project for the urban regen of the waterfront area.
- In "scorchio" heat, I trudge along the waterfront for a last visit with the crew.
- On the waterfront, just outside the foreign settlements, the streets swarmed with filth-ridden beggars and coolies.
Forms of waterfront
| plural | waterfronts |
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Origin of waterfront
From water + front.
Words formed from waterfront
Phrases with waterfront
Questions about waterfront
- What does waterfront mean?
- Waterfront means the land alongside a body of water.
- What is waterfront in Hindi?
- Waterfront in Hindi is वाटरफ्रंट. See Waterfront meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is waterfront?
- Waterfront is a noun.
- What is the plural of waterfront?
- The plural of waterfront is waterfronts.
Words near waterfront in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: waterfront (page history and authors); waterfront (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterfront (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waterfront (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterfront (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterfront (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waterfront (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterfront (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterfront (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterfront (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterfront (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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