waterfront

[US]/'wɔːtəfrʌnt/
[UK]/'wɔtɚfrʌnt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the shore of a sea, lake, or river.

Example Sentences

waterfront docks; waterfront mills.

they were occluding the waterfront with a wall of buildings.

while half the dishes are Italian, the kitchen covers the waterfront from Greece to Morocco.

Based on this case, the gaper discusses the methods how to reconstruct the urban image in waterfront district and settle dawn the market economy and the historical leaving problems.

First, the article gives a boundary to the object of this study.The research mainly pays attention to the city waterfronts, which had been thriven but now have been abandoned and ruined.

Real-world Examples

But what it really did was help connect us as a community with our waterfront.

Source: Working at Google

And now it is waterfront property.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2023 Compilation

This one depicts the history of the waterfront neighborhood Cap-Blanc.

Source: Vacation Travel City Guide: North America Edition

It's not just about the waterfront.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2019 Collection

The plan called for a waterfront development that would combine business and pleasure.

Source: VOA Special October 2018 Collection

Located in a waterfront park known as Gardens by the Bay is Supertree Grove.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May/June 2018 Compilation

Located in a waterfront park known as Gardens by the Bay is Super Tree Grove.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2020 Collection

In the evening, we went to the Bund-a well-known waterfront area on the Huangpu River.

Source: Beijing Normal University New Curriculum Reform Junior High School English Ninth Grade Full Volume

Today we're joining a local architecture critic for a tour of New York City's ever changing waterfront.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2019 Collection

To me this story of New York re-embracing its waterfront is a very optimistic one.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2019 Collection

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