beachfront

beachfront
beachfront (adj.) also beach-front, 1903, American English, from BEACH (Cf. beach) (n.) + FRONT (Cf. front) (n.). The beach front was a standard way in late 19c. to express "the seashore of a town" such as Atlantic City.

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  • BeachFront — (Сидней,Австралия) Категория отеля …   Каталог отелей

  • beachfront — [bēchfrunt΄] n. a strip of land bordering on a beach adj. located next to a beach [a beachfront hotel] …   English World dictionary

  • beachfront — index littoral Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • beachfront — beach|front [ bitʃ,frʌnt ] adjective only before noun a beachfront building faces a beach or is very close to a beach: a large beachfront hotel …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • beachfront — UK [ˈbiːtʃˌfrʌnt] / US [ˈbɪtʃˌfrʌnt] adjective [only before noun] a beachfront building faces a beach or is very close to a beach a large beachfront hotel …   English dictionary

  • beachfront — /beech frunt /, n. 1. land fronting on a beach. adj. 2. located on or adjacent to a beach: beachfront property. Also called shorefront. [1920 25, Amer.; BEACH + FRONT] * * * …   Universalium

  • beachfront — noun Beachfront is used before these nouns: ↑hotel, ↑property …   Collocations dictionary

  • beachfront — [[t]bi͟ːtʃfrʌnt[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach …   English dictionary

  • beachfront — [ˈbiːtʃˌfrʌnt] adj facing a beach or very close to a beach a large beachfront hotel[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • beachfront — /ˈbitʃfrʌnt/ (say beechfrunt) noun 1. land fronting onto a beach. –adjective 2. located on land fronting onto a beach: a beachfront mansion …  

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