lido

noun

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as in plage

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Recent Examples of lido The lido will be open from breakfast to sunset and provide seaside service, umbrellas and sunbeds. — Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 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 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 canal sparkled gray-green in the sunlight and on the opposite bank, people walked their dogs and relaxed on benches along 365’s esplanade.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
  • There are now indications of construction in Disneyland’s esplanade between its two parks.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of esplanade
Noun
  • The plane disappeared from radar and was later found to have crashed close to a naval base in the riverside town of Igbokoda in Ondo state, officials said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Travelers' growing interest in the historic riverside neighborhoods has brought an array of new lodgings.
    — Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 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
  • There, a short walk along the waterfront can take you from the Belém Tower to the Monument of Discoveries, and the luscious Vasco da Gama garden.
    — Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The storm made landfall Friday near Destin, Florida, a Gulf Coast area known for powdery white-sand beaches and dotted with vacation homes, waterfront bars, and seafood shacks.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of waterfront
Noun
  • Like many of Savannah's riverfront hotels, the Alida lives in a converted warehouse and is named for Alida Harper Fowlkes, a beloved architectural preservationist.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • At the park where the Rogerses lived, five campers now sit on riverfront lots where mobile homes were anchored into the soil until Helene hit.
    — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of riverfront
Noun
  • The man was arrested on a riverbank less than 1 kilometer (a half mile) from the school after apparently trying to flee, according to police.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • He was arrested on a riverbank less than a half-mile from the school after fleeing the scene, according to police.
    — Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of riverbank

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