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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The seashore.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The land bordering on the sea; the country adjacent to the sea or near it: often used adjectively: as, a seaside residence or home.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The area by and around the sea; bay; beach; promenade
  • adjective Related to a seaside.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort

Etymologies

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sea +‎ side

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