Definitions

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

  • noun Land situated on the edge of a body of water.

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  • noun The area fronting on a coastline

Etymologies

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shore +‎ -front

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Examples

  • The property has almost 1,000 feet of shorefront and is available in its entirety or in parcels.

    Private Properties 2012

  • Castries' luxurious, 210-acre, all-inclusive Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa has 211 rooms housed in a shorefront, lime-colored building dubbed Emerald Village. 120 brightly, colored villa suites some with butler service and private plunge pools dot a hillside section dubbed Sunset Bluff, and are nestled under hilltop Millionaire Suites that feature 180-degree views, infinity pools and whirl pools.

    Dwight Brown: St. Lucia -- The Shangri-la Caribbean Island Dwight Brown 2011

  • The image captures the Long Beach shorefront looking down the barrel of a huge wave lit by a bright orange sunset.

    The Photograph of a Lifetime Was No Day at the Beach Pia Catton 2011

  • The property has almost 1,000 feet of shorefront and is available in its entirety or in parcels.

    Private Properties 2012

  • Restoration of the 1940s Hotel Freeman in 2002 has worked similar magic on the shorefront neighborhoods.

    Mazatlan: why snowbirds keep coming back 2009

  • —Residents of this town's shorefront returned home Monday to find beachfront homes completely collapsed.

    A Community in Shock Emily Steel 2011

  • Castries' luxurious, 210-acre, all-inclusive Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa has 211 rooms housed in a shorefront, lime-colored building dubbed Emerald Village. 120 brightly, colored villa suites some with butler service and private plunge pools dot a hillside section dubbed Sunset Bluff, and are nestled under hilltop Millionaire Suites that feature 180-degree views, infinity pools and whirl pools.

    Dwight Brown: St. Lucia -- The Shangri-la Caribbean Island Dwight Brown 2011

  • New luxury resorts such as One&Only and the Molori Clifton dot its shorefront hamlets.

    Secret Season 2011

  • Castries' luxurious, 210-acre, all-inclusive Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa has 211 rooms housed in a shorefront, lime-colored building dubbed Emerald Village. 120 brightly, colored villa suites some with butler service and private plunge pools dot a hillside section dubbed Sunset Bluff, and are nestled under hilltop Millionaire Suites that feature 180-degree views, infinity pools and whirl pools.

    Dwight Brown: St. Lucia -- The Shangri-la Caribbean Island Dwight Brown 2011

  • Restoration of the 1940s Hotel Freeman in 2002 has worked similar magic on the shorefront neighborhoods.

    Mazatlan: why snowbirds keep coming back 2009

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