Definitions

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

  • noun The bank or area alongside a river.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The bank of a river: often used attributively.

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

  • noun The side or bank of a river.

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

  • noun A bank or side of a river.
  • adjective At or near the side of a river.

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

  • noun the bank of a river
  • noun a city in southern California

Etymologies

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river +‎ side

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Examples

  • However, these trees is not juniper and grow along the riverside, which is feed by groundwater.

    The Tree in the Desert « Climate Audit 2007

  • For a concert about peace, the riverside is the ideal setting.

    The Annotated "Uncle John's Band" Robert Hunter 1968

  • The bottom level below the bluffs along the riverside is the seat of the river shipping business, and has as well the usual fringe of low quarters; it is paved, and there is a broad public landing fronted by floating docks, wharf-boats, etc.

    The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado Logan Marshall

  • Down by the riverside was another saloon for that sort of thing, kept by Pegleg McCarron, who would sell whisky to any one that could buy, liked rough stuff and with his crutch would participate in it.

    The Wrong Twin Harry Leon Wilson 1903

  • For the Signal House was once a family mansion; later it was described as a riverside residence, then as

    The Vultures Henry Seton Merriman 1882

  • By the riverside was a house on stilts, with an open door, from which the tourists saw two girls dive into the stream, and swim away as though the water were their natural element.

    Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859

  • "It always creates a carnival atmosphere on the riverside, which is a beautiful location, and if previous years are anything to go by, there is something for people of all ages."

    Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2010

  • The riverside is a very popular location for hotels but accounts for only 3.1% of the serviced apartment supply, mainly because of the high cost of land.

    Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News 2010

  • Victoria Wharf. is one of the few sites on the Greenwich riverside which is in not owned by Morden College.

    Bessemer in Greenwich M 2009

  • But Ms. Yao now owns a modern riverside apartment in Pudong and marvels at its affordability compared with London.

    Shanghai's Pudong, Once Soulless, Rises Up James T. Areddy 2011

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  • City located in California.

    April 24, 2008