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Waterfront

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water wordnet
  3. 3
    The land alongside a body of water.; The dockland district of a town.

Etymology

From water + front.

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