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waterfront

[ waw-ter-fruhnt, wot-er- ]

noun

  1. land on the edge of a body of water.
  2. a part of a city or town on such land; wharf or dock section.
  3. a container placed before a stove to heat water.


waterfront

/ ˈ·Éɔ˳Ùəˌ´Ú°ùÊŒ²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. the area of a town or city alongside a body of water, such as a harbour or dockyard
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waterfront1

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70; water + front
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Idioms and Phrases

see cover the field (waterfront) .
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“These are both areas with very low land elevations that could be impacted by a small increase in waterfront flooding,†the geological survey said.

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Even on the waterfront, where several pockets of homes remained — the devastation appeared to have occurred in clumps.

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The idea resembles an earlier scheme proposed by Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to build luxury properties on Gaza's "very valuable" waterfront.

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A lack of infrastructure, affordable housing and community attitudes tend to lock ordinary Australians out of waterfront areas, while those natural assets are often used by those lucky enough to live there.

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Since he won the election Nov. 5, the habitat for hangers-on has been Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s waterfront Palm Beach playground in Florida, a state famously hospitable to swamps.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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