MEANING
The area of a town or place bordering a body of water.
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Words that belong together
- city waterfront
- waterfront district
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They walked along the waterfront.
New apartments lined the city waterfront.
The waterfront changed after the docks closed.
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- waterfront
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular waterfront; plural waterfronts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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