shorefront
- noun
- /ˈʃɔːrfrʌnt/
- The children played along the shorefront, collecting seashells as the waves lapped at their feet.
- shorefront development
Examples
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A dune of similar size can be built in a few days with earth-moving equipment available in many shorefront communities.
Academic text (1990) -
Dunes are frequently flattened to facilitate construction or to provide ocean views from shorefront structures.
Academic text (1990) -
An hour later, we returned past the shorefront.
Fiction book (1998) -
The only place the small town has to offer is a deserted coffee shop on the shorefront.
Fiction book (1993) -
Shorefront property is traditionally the most valuable land and can generate a lot of revenue.
Blog text (7) -
Hugo has made them realize the tremendous costs that the entire state must bear in allowing unwise shorefront development.
Academic text (1991) -
The value of property close to the water and the desire to view the water from shorefront structures argue for making the dune as low and narrow as possible while retaining some protective value.
Academic text (1990) -
Flood mitigation projects, such as the water pumping system, are still in place and provide an expensive, publicly funded safety net for shorefront residents and development interests alike.
Academic text (1991) -
This bird has been pushed to the brink by short-sighted and greedy overdevelopment of shorefront areas.
Blog text (20) -
Several highly developed counties, such as Davis County near Salt Lake City, opposed the plan on the grounds that it would result in a loss of local control over zoning and could jeopardize very profitable shorefront developments.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
The land beside the sea or ocean
Land at the edge of a sea or lake
The area next to a river, lake, or sea with docks, shops, and restaurants
The line where land meets water like a sea, lake or river
An area near the sea where people go for holidays
A strip of land by the beach with shops, hotels or parks
Land beside a lake where the water meets the shore
Land at the edge of the sea with sand or rocks
Land next to a lake where people walk or live
Land or property that faces the ocean
Land next to a bay
Land next to a lake where water reaches the land
Land next to a beach with houses and shops
Land beside the sea or ocean
Land along the edge of a river or lake
The area by the sea in a town or city where people walk and visit shops
The area right next to the ocean where it meets the shore
Land next to the sea or ocean
Area next to a stream
Land next to water like a lake or sea
Land near the sea with beaches and often cliffs
Land along the sea, often with beaches
Next to a river, describing buildings or areas
Land at the side of a river
An area of land next to a pond
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word shorefront joins shore ('edge of land by water') and front ('the part facing out'). So shorefront means the area right at the water's edge, the 'front' of the shore where people walk, eat, or live.