Waterfront Meaning
/wˈɔtəˌrfrʌnt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe land alongside a body of water.
nounThe land alongside a body of water., The dockland district of a town.
Sentence Examples
The waterfront is a beautiful area.
The Edinburgh Waterfront project could be about to change all that.
We enjoy a jaunt to the wonderful, waterfront city of Portsmouth.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The busy ____ was filled with restaurants and shops overlooking the harbor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They enjoyed a delicious dinner at a restaurant on the ____, with a great view of the harbor and the sea today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English front English waterfront From water + front.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead."
— 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:
"As I waited to meet with Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, on the 25th floor of an office building in downtown Seattle, I stared out at the city’s waterfront and thought: God fucking damn it."
— 2025 May 19, Kate Knibbs, “Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The busy ____ was filled with restaurants and shops overlooking the harbor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They enjoyed a delicious dinner at a restaurant on the ____, with a great view of the harbor and the sea today.