seafrontn.
1. That portion or side of a building, etc. which faces the sea.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > front or face > specific
street front1759
seafront1879
1879 C. Nugent & J. E. Portlock in Encycl. Brit. IX. 450/2 These forts..are protected with shields or walls of iron upon their sea~fronts.
1881 E. A. Freeman Sketch Subj. Lands Venice 142 We can trace out the long line of the sea-front of the palace which became a city.
2. The land on the side of a town, etc. facing the sea.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near coast > [noun] > exposed to sea > of town
waterfront1766
seafront1879
plage1888
sea-frontage1897
1879 C. Nugent & J. E. Portlock in Encycl. Brit. IX. 450/1 Upon the sea fronts the works consist..of isolated forts.
1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xix. 188 A short distance from the sea-front.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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