boardwalk
noun
a promenade made of wooden boards, usually along a beach or shore.
boardwalks
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pluralof boardwalk.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Tackling the High Fens fire was made much harder by the fens' terrain -- a patchwork of heath, peat bogs and raised wooden boardwalks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The first stage of work, including a landscape, paths and boardwalks, is expected to be in place by next summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He recommends visitors hike the Curonian Spit—a thin 61-mile stretch of sand dunes along the Baltic Sea—and cross the wooden boardwalks that span Estonia’s wetlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Just a 2-mile, relatively flat hike over bridges and boardwalks will lead you to the beach, though there are steep switchbacks right before reaching it.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
As they traveled farther into the maze, the glass lamps became scarcer, until only a stray torch or a narrow boat’s dim lantern lit the rotting boardwalks.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
