"waterfront" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-waterfront.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-waterfront.wav [US] Forms: waterfronts [plural]
Etymology: water + front Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|front}} water + front Head templates: {{en-noun}} waterfront (plural waterfronts)
  1. The land alongside a body of water. Translations (land alongside a body of water): брегова линия (bregova linija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 沿岸 (yan'an) (Chinese Mandarin), vesiraja (Finnish), ranta (Finnish), პორტი (ṗorṭi) (Georgian), vízpart (Hungarian), fronte mare [masculine] (Italian), wybrzeże [neuter] (Polish), beira-mar (Portuguese), beira-rio (Portuguese), línea de costa [feminine] (Spanish), vezparte (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-waterfront-en-noun-7zQ6enCT Disambiguation of 'land alongside a body of water': 100 0
  2. The dockland district of a town. Translations (dockland district of a town): пристанищен район (pristaništen rajon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 船坞区 (Chinese Mandarin), ranta (Finnish), Hafenviertel [neuter] (German), nabrzeże [neuter] (Polish), região portuária (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-waterfront-en-noun-ATwYoSan Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of 'dockland district of a town': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cover the waterfront

Inflected forms

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