seafront

noun

sea·​front ˈsē-ˌfrənt How to pronounce seafront (audio)
: the waterfront of a seaside place

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Where to Stay Drakes (bed and breakfast rates starting from £225) is ideally located on Marine parade, on the seafront overlooking Brighton Pier. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 On the Neapolitan seafront, marked by luxury hotels, Antonio Maimone tended public gardens featuring palm trees and giant cactuses in full view of the Mergellina promenade, a nightlife hot spot. Gianni Cipriano, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 A little under 20 miles away and set near the seafront, lies the Diamond Market. Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 In Algiers, the 1.25-mile-long Bab el Oued Urban Gondola links the city center’s seafront district to the villages of Céleste and Zghara, the latter of which was long isolated from the rest of the city by its hard-to-reach hilltop location. Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for seafront 

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of seafront was in 1878

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“Seafront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seafront. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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