beachside

English

Etymology

From beach +‎ side.

Adjective

beachside (not comparable)

1. (rare) Bordering a beach

   beachside property

   • 2010, JoAnna Christine Daniels, The Gateway, →ISBN, page 6:

     Very beachside. His mother always had a flair for interior design.

   • 2015, Sean Connolly, Senegal, →ISBN, page 111:

     If you'd rather be beachside than poolside, scuba, surfing and fishing are all easily arranged from here.

   • 2015, Rough Guides, The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches and Islands, →ISBN:

     Among its bungalows, the cheapest are simple wooden affairs well off the beach, while the priciest are beachside, a/c and cottage-like.

   • 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day.

Translations

bordering a beach

• Finnish: ranta- (fi); rannalla (fi) (adverbial usage)

Noun

beachside (countable and uncountable, plural beachsides)

1. The land bordering a beach.

Coordinate terms

• lakeside
• waterside

Translations

land bordering a beach

• Finnish: rantamaa (fi), ranta (fi)