Definition of boardwalknext
as in promenade
a public place for strolling the town's old-fashioned beachfront boardwalk has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s

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Recent Examples of boardwalk Many feature boardwalks lined with nostalgia-inducing attractions, restaurants, bars, shops, and more. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026 That's where the malecón is, the boardwalk, so to speak. Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026 The Fleischmanns spent the week dining at fine restaurants such as The Iguana, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's old haunt, swimming in the pool, lounging on the beach and taking strolls along The Malecon, Puerto Vallarta's 12-block long boardwalk. Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026 The city’s abundant parks, preserves, and waterways make outdoor living a way of life—from kayaking along the Caloosahatchee River to spotting manatees at Manatee Park or exploring the serene boardwalks of Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve. Carrie Honaker, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boardwalk
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Noun
  • Visit the cooking patio and garden center stage for seminars, stroll the garden promenade that features design trends and hardscaping products, or attend gardening presentations on container gardens and water-wise gardening.
    Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • That plan included a rendering of the site, which depicts an outdoor promenade-like center surrounding the future mixed-use campus.
    Neil Strebig, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Gotham Organization now seeks to blow up these commitments through a sweeping rezoning that would remove the park designation, narrow the public walkway, and permit 56-story and 41-story luxury towers flush against the park on the MTA land, which the agency tentatively has agreed to lease.
    Katherine Thompson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The architects believed that networks of walkways were the most important element of a building, not the building itself.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 2 Mar. 2026

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“Boardwalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardwalk. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.

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