beachfront

[beech-fruhnt]

noun

1. land fronting on a beach.

adjective

1. located on or adjacent to a beach.

   beachfront property.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beachfront¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; beach + front

Example Sentences

The beachfront city, with a population of around half a million, last month started requiring major food and pharmacy retailers to do more to stop theft.

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He looked at the whole complicated picture, the long history, the writing etched on the stones of the oldest archeological sites, and said: That’s fabulous beachfront property going to waste.

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Videos shared to social media showed the large, beachfront home emitting black smoke and engulfed in flames.

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Lyons Jnr and Monaghan were watching the Champions League final with friends when they were shot at the beachfront bar.

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They had been drinking and watching the Champions League final in Monaghans Bar, on the town's beachfront, at the time of the targeted attack.

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