quayside
Americannoun
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the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
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the edge of a quay where it meets the water.
noun
Example Sentences
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It opened in 2002 in a converted flour mill, a key part of the regeneration of the Gateshead quayside on the south bank of the River Tyne.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
Three people from another boat were taken to the quayside in Boulogne-sur-Mer, while others on board refused assistance and continued on their way, it added.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025
She’s glad to see him, too, but as is so often the case with cabaret chanteuses in quayside bars, she awaits her true love, the father of her young boy.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024
Some migrants on the quayside in Lampedusa placed towels over their heads to shield themselves from the late summer sun as they waited to be transferred to Sicily by ferry.
From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023
But when they saw the group on the quayside they stopped, for someone else had appeared.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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