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bayside

bayside

7 3.2
Land next to a bay
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪˌsaɪd/
translation icon : orilla de la bahía
  • What he had come to this pleasant bayside city to nurse and nurture was his confidence.
  • bayside park
  • bayside beach
  • bayside town

Examples

  • And in this case you can see in the background there's almost no damage to to the properties that are are are on the Bayside of the barrier island.

  • You run until you hit The Bayside and you can hang out there.

  • So on a recent ride, I stopped by the Bayside Police Department.

    Blog text (31)
  • I used to live in Mateo and go to school at Bayside Middle School.

    Blog text (25)
  • The lights of the restaurants and the docked boats of this little bayside town glowed fuzzily.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Bayside Inn and Marina next door has cabins and motel rooms for rent and free kayaks.

    Blog text (15)
  • The participants in the inshore shrimp fishery represent both the long-time residents and the growing immigrant presence in the bayside communities.

    Academic text (1991)
  • In the lower Laguna Madre area, South Padre Island's bayside is a flat, sandy area a few miles wide that looks like a desert covered with a carpet of blue-green algae.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The children played happily on the sandy beach at the bayside.

  • We rented a small cabin in a quiet bayside village for our summer vacation.

Synonyms

coast
vsbayside
506 1.0

The land beside the sea or ocean

is about land next to a coastal inlet rather than the open sea edge
shore
vsbayside
441 1.0

Land at the edge of a sea or lake

is limited to land beside a curved coastal inlet not any large water body
waterfront
vsbayside
72 3.2

The area next to a river, lake, or sea with docks, shops, and restaurants

is focused on land beside a coastal inlet rather than urban dock areas
seaboard
vsbayside
42 4.8

The part of a country along the coast with beaches and towns

is a smaller local area beside a coastal inlet rather than a whole region
waterside
vsbayside
2 3.2

Land along the edge of a river or lake

is used only for land beside a curved coastal inlet rather than rivers or lakes
shorefront
vsbayside
1 3.6

Land at the edge of a lake or the sea

is for land beside a recessed coastal inlet rather than other shoreline
shoreland
vsbayside
1 3.4

Land next to water like a lake or sea

is specific to land beside a curved coastal inlet
shoreside
vsbayside
1 3.4

An area of land next to a body of water

is about land next to a coastal inlet rather than for service use
coastland
vsbayside
1 3.4

Land near the sea with beaches and often cliffs

is the local edge area by a coastal inlet rather than broad coastal land
coastside
vsbayside
  • US
3.1

Land along the sea, often with beaches

is for land beside a coastal inlet rather than general coastal areas

Surface Forms

bayside singular
baysides plural

Morphology

bayside = bay + side (transparent) = bay + side

A straightforward compound of 'bay' + 'side' meaning the land area along the edge of a bay.

Etymology

The word bayside comes from bay ('a small part of the sea that goes into the land') and side ('edge'), similar to lakeside or riverside. So, the bayside is the part of land right at the edge of a bay where people can walk, sit, or enjoy the view.