Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The area adjacent to a quay or wharf or a system of quays.
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- noun An area alongside a
quay
Etymologies
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Examples
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The long road fronting the quayside was a riot of noise and color and people.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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The long road fronting the quayside was a riot of noise and color and people.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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The long road fronting the quayside was a riot of noise and color and people.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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On the quayside is the old Priory Mill, now called Place Mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday Survey.
Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch Sidney Heath 1907
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No. That grizzled, tough old lumberman who toted you along up from the quayside is the brain of this organisation.
The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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Albion Quayside, London, is 5.5 hectares of flood-resilient quayside, park, marina and 850 houses in the Thames Gateway – the U.K.'s biggest regeneration area stretching 40 miles downstream from London along the Thames Estuary.
Fighting Back the Waves Vivienne Raper 2011
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Car-free Burgazada can be toured by horse and buggy, or you could do as we did and just hang out by the pool until it was time for dinner on the quayside.
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With little traffic around, we zoomed along, parking right on the quayside in St. Tropez.
Pruning the Cost of Luxury on the Riviera Lennox Morrison 2011
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The looming bow of this huge vessel now sits within touching distance of a quayside house.
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The looming bow of this huge vessel now sits within touching distance of a quayside house.
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