Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The seashore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The land bordering on the sea; the country adjacent to the sea or near it: often used adjectively: as, a seaside residence or home.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The area by and around the
sea ;bay ;beach ;promenade - adjective Related to a seaside.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort
Etymologies
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Examples
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I grew up in seaside towns, and as you may imagine we travelled through many of them.
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What should be a quaint, lively English seaside is far more desolate than anything Tanya and her son might have left behind in Russia.
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White Knight White Knight Acceptable in seaside society towns from June 1 'til summer's end — and for winter weddings in warm-weather locales — an ivory dinner jacket is just the thing.
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I grew up in seaside towns, and as you may imagine we travelled through many of them.
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Bus and tram drivers in seaside resort could walk out after pair told to lose 3kg (7lb) within month
Strike threatened after Blackpool bus drivers suspended for being 'too fat'
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I bought carnitas from the corner store (living in seaside, california means there are awesome taquerias everywhere!) and needless to say, it couldn't even compare.
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The gifts on offer are a bit naff - the sort of thing you see on display in seaside bingo halls that you can win for a line or full house.
The value of gifts (or 'What Star Trek taught me about capitalism')
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But the British seaside is struggling because the working class has grown more affluent and expects higher standards.
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But the British seaside is struggling because the working class has grown more affluent and expects higher standards.
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The gifts on offer are a bit naff - the sort of thing you see on display in seaside bingo halls that you can win for a line or full house.
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