shorefront

[ shawr-fruhnt, shohr- ]

/ ˈʃɔrˌfrʌnt, ˈʃoʊr- /

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noun

land along a shore.

adjective

located on such land: shorefront cottages.

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Origin of shorefront

First recorded in 1915–20; shore¹ + front

Words nearby shorefront

shorebird, shore bug, shore crab, shore dinner, shore fly, shorefront, shore leave, shoreless, shoreline, shore patrol, shoreside

How to use shorefront in a sentence

In 2014, he watched the waters overtake the two-story-tall shorefront lodge.
Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?|Aryn Baker/Kampi Ya Samaki, Kenya|April 22, 2021|Time
I think that there is hardly any place more fantastic than a Bermuda shorefront in the moonlight.
The White Invaders|Raymond King Cummings
The buckshot tore through the stalking white figure; the moonlit shorefront echoed with the shot.
The White Invaders|Raymond King Cummings