shorefront

[ shawr-fruhnt, shohr- ]

noun

1. land along a shore.

adjective

1. located on such land:

   shorefront cottages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shorefront¹

First recorded in 1915–20; shore ¹ + front

Example Sentences

In 2014, he watched the waters overtake the two-story-tall shorefront lodge.

From Time

I think that there is hardly any place more fantastic than a Bermuda shorefront in the moonlight.

From Project Gutenberg

The buckshot tore through the stalking white figure; the moonlit shorefront echoed with the shot.

From Project Gutenberg