waterfront
noun
wa·ter·front
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌfrənt 
ˈwä-
: land, land with buildings, or a section of a town fronting or abutting on a body of water
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Verdura is a serene waterfront sanctuary on the Mediterranean amidst 230 hectares of land dotted with olive groves and citrus orchards.
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Carrie Coolidge, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
This is the East New York Freight Tunnel, built in the 1910s, an important segment between the Brooklyn waterfront and the Hell Gate Bridge in Queens, where trains cross into the Bronx.
—New York Times, 29 July 2025
Best of all, the stay is just two blocks from the waterfront.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
Its arcing waterfront of colorful buildings is so cheerful that it was chosen as the setting of the BBC kids story Balamory.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
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Carrie Coolidge, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
This is the East New York Freight Tunnel, built in the 1910s, an important segment between the Brooklyn waterfront and the Hell Gate Bridge in Queens, where trains cross into the Bronx.
—New York Times, 29 July 2025
Best of all, the stay is just two blocks from the waterfront.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
Its arcing waterfront of colorful buildings is so cheerful that it was chosen as the setting of the BBC kids story Balamory.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
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waterfront
noun
wa·ter·front
-ˌfrənt
: land or a section of a town bordering on a body of water
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