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Definition of "quayside" []

  • The area adjacent to a quay or wharf or a system of quays, especially in a port city. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "quayside" in a sentence
  • "The long road fronting the quayside was a riot of noise and color and people."
  • "On the quayside is the old Priory Mill, now called Place Mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday Survey."
  • "No. That grizzled, tough old lumberman who toted you along up from the quayside is the brain of this organisation."
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