Definition of "seafront" []

• A strip of land at the very edge of the sea, especially land desirable for a resort. (noun)

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• "Also worth a look near the seafront is the Masonic Hotel with its prominent parapet ornaments, green and orange combinations redolent of the fenders of cars of the period."
• "On the seafront is the official Beatles Story museum; another section, a new building, is just five minutes from there in the Pier Head."
• "Samuel continues, "The seafront was a hive of activity but this time not from construction workers but holidaymakers spreading out their towels, swimming in the water, which is incidentally a lot warmer than that of the Spanish Costas, and even kite-surfing or riding the waves on a pedalo."