seaside
noun
the land along the sea; seacoast.
seaside
1 American
[see-sahyd]
/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /
noun
seasides
plural
adjective
Seaside
2
American
[see-sahyd]
/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /
noun
seaside
British
/ ˈsiːˌsaɪd /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of seaside
First recorded in 1175–1225, seaside is from the Middle English word seeside. See sea, side 1
Example Sentences
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Before long the dining room had red leather booths, a seaside mural on the wall, a bar in back and sometimes a wandering accordion player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Both groups awaited a council vote on a question that has convulsed this seaside city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The seaside town where Stormtroopers patrol the beach.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
"I loved him so much, I felt safe with him," Shireen, whose name has been changed, told AFP in the seaside town of Jisr al-Zarqa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Roz burst through a row of hedges and onto the main street of a seaside village.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
The six beaches also received a Seaside Award - along with Bournemouth, Boscombe and Avon Beach - which recognises beaches that offer a high-quality, well-managed and clean environment.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Seaside communities in Vietnam are expected to be hit hard by Typhoon Kalmaegi.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
Robert Davis, founder of Seaside, Florida, which was used to film The Truman Show, highlighted influences that included the Regency designs of Bath, Renaissance Siena and the ideas of King Charles.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
“Words can’t describe what it feels like to be supported in that way,” Huskins said at a news conference in Seaside on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
As soon as my foot hits the red sidewalk leading into Seaside, I hear Brandy.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Wales’ dramatic mountains and seasides can stand in as fantastical locations, like in “House of the Dragon” or “His Dark Materials.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
There are no seasides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, making the beach a bright postcard fantasy of an ending that, while tragic, would have been a premeditated act, one final exertion of control.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022
And like the gender-segregated seasides of the Victorian era, everyone, as far as the eye can see, is a woman.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2016
When it wuz fashionable to go to springs and seasides she went and ocean trips and south and north, and when it wuz the fashion to go into the quiet country she come to Jonesville.
From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Holley, Marietta
During the sweltering summer of that year, the Times' people carried to shady groves and seasides tens of thousands of children who, for the first time, saw running streams and green fields.
From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill
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