boardwalk
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- noun
- /ˈbɔrdˌwɔk/
- US
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paseo marítimo
- We strolled along the boardwalk as the sun set over the ocean.
- walk the boardwalk
- a long boardwalk
- a mile-long boardwalk
Then we're going to get back in the car and drive to the famous boardwalk Keme or something like that.
- Then we're going to get back in the car and drive to the famous boardwalk Keme or something like that.
- We're going to go to the most authentic restaurant on the boardwalk to get some quick food and then continue on with our day.
- And I remember I used to pass out on the boardwalk in town at three years old, and my dad would nudge me and say, Annie, Annie and I blink awake.
- Like again, if I'm out beach, boardwalk, pool, whatever, and I want to cover up my bottom a little bit, not a lot, just a little bit.
Examples
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SPENT one summer in Santa Cruz, CA AND I worked at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk as an amusement park ride operator.
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Leaving the talks behind, conferees sometimes took their breaks on the boardwalks set among the sand dunes.
Academic text (2010) -
And then we decided to meet on the boardwalk.
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We're so far from the boardwalk.
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I got this at the boardwalk, and it is adorable.
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We're back from the boardwalk and we just got a giant pizza.
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We're going to go to the most authentic restaurant on the boardwalk to get some quick food and then continue on with our day.
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One cold, windy day, my mother took me for a walk up the boardwalk.
Academic text (2011) -
We meet at "La Rosa Nautica" on the boardwalk beside the sea.
Fiction book (1991) -
A floating boardwalk enables the visitor to observe the plants up close without harming them.
Academic text (2011)
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Etymology
Boardwalk comes from two simple words: board meaning 'a flat piece of wood' and walk meaning 'to move by foot'. It originally named a path made of wooden boards along a beach, so a boardwalk is literally a 'walk' of 'boards' and is still a wooden path by the water.