lido

noun

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as in plage

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Recent Examples of lido Escape the ruckus at a beach club, or lido, such as Pettolecchia Il Lido, a luxury spot between Bari and Brindisi. — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026 These mega-fans croon old hits, sip drinks on the lido deck, and bask in the tropical sun, deferring midlife crises over a long weekend of spicy adventure. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 22 Dec. 2025 Sport an oversized raffia topper for a day at the lido, a canvas wide-brim for an afternoon of gardening, or one with a grosgrain-ribbon chin strap when going for a walk. — Sarah Zendejas, Vogue, 29 June 2025 His Tim Blake Nelson-starring debut Old Henry was the talk of the lido at 2021’s Venice Film Festival (and in the Obama household — the former president included it on his list of favorite films that year), catapulting Ponciroli to the big time. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for lido
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lido
  1. plage
  2. esplanade
  3. riverside
  4. littoral
  5. waterfront
  6. riverfront
  7. riverbank
Noun
  • People flock to the French-speaking city year-round, enjoying its Christmas markets in November and December, experiencing one of the world’s largest winter festivals in Carnaval de Quebec in February, and spending the summers viewing Montmorency Falls and swimming at la plage.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2026
  • Cheval Blanc is uniquely well fixed in this respect, with its own small but entirely satisfactory sandy plage adjoining the central terrace, neatly dotted with lounge chairs and umbrellas.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of plage
Noun
  • The previous year, Paris replaced part of its heat-radiating stone esplanade with a dense urban forest, including more than fifty large trees and twenty thousand shrubs and plants.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Revolutionary Guard members and clerics mourn on the esplanade of the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla mosque.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Definition of esplanade
Noun
  • The iconic – and enormous – square, Praça do Comércio, and the riverside are just metres away.
    — Ann Lee, TheWeek, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Rooms There are just 13 rooms, each quietly refined with a riverside color palette and floor-to-ceiling windows.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of riverside
Noun
  • Think of all those islands on the southern littoral of Iran.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Hailing from the peninsula’s steppe interior, mountainous east, and Black Sea littoral, this population tended to be devoutly Muslim and, for the most part, had never been fully at ease with the republic’s secularist founding project.
    — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
Definition of littoral
Noun
  • The rooms One of the fruits of Maroma’s reimagining is the addition of 10 waterfront suites, but all 72 rooms have been completely redone according to Bernard’s vision.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Buffett grew up in the city, where his family had deep ties to the maritime industry, and the museum sits on the waterfront across the Mobile River from the area where his parents worked at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of waterfront
Noun
  • This is the first of many meetings to discuss the future of the building and the riverfront.
    — Julia Avant, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That’s the first step in his goal to establish a riverfront home for his six-year-old business.
    — Mark Dee August 18, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of riverfront
Noun
  • That means a stretch of riverbank can look completely ordinary one season and reveal evidence of prehistoric life after a major weather event or prolonged change in water levels.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Riding down the riverbank, Anna and Zoe aren’t finding anything that could give them a lead on where the family could be.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of riverbank

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“Lido.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lido. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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