riverfront

C2 Topic:Places & Geography
US /ˈrɪvərˌfrʌnt/ UK /ˈrɪvəfrʌnt/
noun Freq #60769

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    land, buildings, or a district directly beside a river

    The city converted its industrial riverfront into parks and housing.

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Synonyms
1 noun · land, buildings, or a... riversidewaterfrontriverbank
Opposites
Word family
Related forms riverwaterfrontquayside

Etymology

A compound of river + front, modeled on waterfront. It denotes the edge of a settled area that faces or borders a river.

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