oceanfront
noun
ocean·front ˈō-shən-ˌfrənt 
: a shore area on the ocean
Example Sentences
They built a house on the oceanfront.
Recent Examples on the Web There's a relative dearth of promotion up and down Cannes' oceanfront promenade, the Croisette, and Hollywood has less of a presence than in years past. 
Jake Coyle, ajc, 6 July 2021 Flying Over Sunset's trio of characters convene in a fictional oceanfront Malibu estate owned by Clare Boothe Luce to take LSD. Leena Kim, Town & Country, 12 June 2022 In Sagaponack, a roughly 4-acre oceanfront estate recently sold for close to its $48 million asking price before it was officially put on the market. E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 23 May 2022 Nearly 100 years after a Black couple was racially harassed and stripped of their California oceanfront resort, Los Angeles County officials on Wednesday gave the land back to their descendants. Jordan D. Brown, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 The grand opening is expected in August 2023, after the Gopins plan to open a 10,000 square-foot version next April on the site of the new oceanfront Oasis Hallandale condominium towers in Hallandale Beach. Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2022 Guests of the first all-oceanfront suite resort in Turks and Caicos benefit from the guidance of Grace Bay Club’s dedicated director of wellness, David Bowen. Yola Robert, Forbes, 26 May 2022 But last summer brought daily instances of sharks feeding on bait fish alarmingly close to swimmers, necessitating temporary closings of swimming areas along Long Island’s oceanfront. New York Times, 2 July 2022 As an extension of the luxury Baha Mar resort in Nassau, Baha Bay, the 15-acre beachfront water park, offers family-friendly fun and delicious food in a stunning oceanfront setting. Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2021 See More
Jake Coyle, ajc, 6 July 2021 Flying Over Sunset's trio of characters convene in a fictional oceanfront Malibu estate owned by Clare Boothe Luce to take LSD. Leena Kim, Town & Country, 12 June 2022 In Sagaponack, a roughly 4-acre oceanfront estate recently sold for close to its $48 million asking price before it was officially put on the market. E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 23 May 2022 Nearly 100 years after a Black couple was racially harassed and stripped of their California oceanfront resort, Los Angeles County officials on Wednesday gave the land back to their descendants. Jordan D. Brown, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 The grand opening is expected in August 2023, after the Gopins plan to open a 10,000 square-foot version next April on the site of the new oceanfront Oasis Hallandale condominium towers in Hallandale Beach. Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2022 Guests of the first all-oceanfront suite resort in Turks and Caicos benefit from the guidance of Grace Bay Club’s dedicated director of wellness, David Bowen. Yola Robert, Forbes, 26 May 2022 But last summer brought daily instances of sharks feeding on bait fish alarmingly close to swimmers, necessitating temporary closings of swimming areas along Long Island’s oceanfront. New York Times, 2 July 2022 As an extension of the luxury Baha Mar resort in Nassau, Baha Bay, the 15-acre beachfront water park, offers family-friendly fun and delicious food in a stunning oceanfront setting. Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1858, in the meaning defined above
oceanfronts
noun
as in beaches
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- beaches
- shorefronts
- waterfronts
- sands
- beachfronts
- seaboards
- strands
- seashores
- shorelines
- shores
- coasts
- coastlines
- seacoasts
- riverbanks
- coastlands
- riverfronts
- littorals
- seasides
- riversides
- banks
- esplanades
- plages
- lidos