waterfront
/ˈwɔːtəfrʌnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈwɔːtəfrʌnt/
waterfront
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
wa - ter - front -> waterfront
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
waterfront /'wↄ:tǝfrʌnt/ n
More examples
- ‘His vision includes the development and revitalisation of the neglected waterfront of the River Foyle.’
- ‘Even as waterfront property is today prized above all other, until the 1960s urban waterfronts were primarily industrial, brutal, and cheap.’
- ‘Arisaig proper greets you after a few more turns in the road, with a small waterfront looking out across a muddy harbour.’
- ‘On the way to work this morning I noticed the statue of Sir Thomas More sitting in his nice waterfront gardens in Chelsea.’
- ‘Taking my drink and bag of food, I go to eat my meal at the waterfront and drink in the taste of my home town.’
- ‘They are unique and striking designs that - even if never built - should inspire cities on how to reuse their industrial waterfronts.’
- ‘Hop on at Queen's pier and sail out for a few beers or supper at one of the waterfront restaurants.’
- ‘Those picturesque Eastern European capitals with their glistening waterfronts and their pretty mediaeval old towns and their flat taxes are the new centre.’
- ‘The edge of the ship channel is one of the most attractive sites for housing on the whole waterfront.’
- ‘Look at similar cities with a waterfront, a similar business profile and comparable population.’
- ‘The light was so gentle over the river, and the thronging crowds at the waterfront were so colourful.’
- ‘For some years now, Dublin's quays and waterfronts have been in the process of vigorous urban redevelopment.’
- ‘The office and the accommodation are a few hundred metres back from the harbour along the waterfront road.’
- ‘What's more, the altered flow of water has induced booms to sprout up all along a world of new lake waterfronts and tributaries provided by the enormous expanding upstream pool of liquid.’
- ‘The walk took her from the quay, through the town centre and back to the waterfront.’
- ‘Enjoy a long late lunch here on the deck of the Horizons waterfront restaurant.’
- ‘Much of this passed through the waterfront markets and industrial tenements of Dublin into the Irish interior.’
- ‘For a truly colonial feel visit the Old Courthouse Restaurant on the waterfront.’
- ‘The Town of Digby wants to develop a waterfront property as a Fishermen's Memorial.’
- ‘We are a harbour city, yet we are cut off from the waterfront by a six-lane road.’
Synonyms
harbor, sea front, water's edge, riverside, bank, beach, beachfront, border, brim, brink, cay, cliff, coast, coastland, edge, embankment, lakefront, lakeshore, lakeside, ledge, levee, littoral, margin, oceanfront, reef, riverbank, riverfront, sand, sands, seabank, seaboard, seacoast, seafront, seashore, seaside, shingle, shore, strand, streamside, waterside
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