boardwalk
noun
board·walk
ˈbȯrd-ˌwȯk 
1
: a walk constructed of planking
2
: a walk constructed along a beach
Examples of boardwalk in a Sentence
the town's old-fashioned beachfront boardwalk has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s
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Above the bed is an image of Springsteen with Clinch’s 1948 Pontiac taken on the boardwalk in Asbury Park about 20 years ago.
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Best Hikes Kokanee Trail The Kokanee Trail is a boardwalk trail accessible to wheelchair users and people with strollers.
—Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
Must-do stops in Noord include the STRAAT Museum, featuring large-scale street art and graffiti in an 86,000-square-foot warehouse, and De Ceuvel, a former shipyard transformed into a café, boardwalk, and collection of houseboats.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 1 Oct. 2025
Restrooms are in the small parking lot, and picnic tables are on the boardwalk.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Best Hikes Kokanee Trail The Kokanee Trail is a boardwalk trail accessible to wheelchair users and people with strollers.
—Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
Must-do stops in Noord include the STRAAT Museum, featuring large-scale street art and graffiti in an 86,000-square-foot warehouse, and De Ceuvel, a former shipyard transformed into a café, boardwalk, and collection of houseboats.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 1 Oct. 2025
Restrooms are in the small parking lot, and picnic tables are on the boardwalk.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Boardwalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardwalk. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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boardwalk
noun
board·walk
ˈbō(ə)rd-ˌwȯk
ˈbȯ(ə)rd-
: a walk of planks especially along a beach
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