Definition of waterfront
: land, land with buildings, or a section of a town fronting or abutting on a body of water
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Here are 12 great waterfront campgrounds to try around Wisconsin.
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In December, the popular waterfront coffee house located in the Coquille Cottage at 504 Water St. closed for one week and reopened under a new management structure with Belsom and Ross as co-owners.
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The most ambitious of the projects is Water Street Tampa, a $3 billion, multiuse development covering 16 blocks on and around the city’s downtown waterfront.
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That appeal in a letter last month from lawyers for the Trump Organization to Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela was apparently unsuccessful — an arbitrator declined to reinstate the Trump management team to the waterfront hotel in Panama City.
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Continue down Whitehead Street to Mallory Square and take in the sunset over conch fritters and mojitos from the waterfront kiosks.
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When Harborplace sold for nearly $100 million in 2012, a land lease with the city gave the new owner three years to overhaul the iconic downtown waterfront marketplace.
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In Portland, a memorial march is planned for 5 p.m., starting at Northwest Naito Parkway and Davis Street along the downtown waterfront, and culminating at the MLK statue at the Oregon Convention Center on the east side.
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The operators of Morgan’s Pier, who bill it as a backyard beer garden along the Delaware River waterfront just north of the Ben Franklin Bridge, typically put plenty of thought into their choice of chef-in-residence for the season.
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First Known Use of waterfront
1766
WATERFRONT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of waterfront for English Language Learners
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: the land or the part of a town next to the water of an ocean, lake, etc.
WATERFRONT Defined for Kids
Definition of waterfront for Students
: land that borders on a body of water
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