waterside

See also: Waterside

English

Etymology

From Middle English water-syde, water side, equivalent to water +‎ -side.

Noun

waterside (plural watersides)

1. The land bordering a body of water.

Translations

land bordering water

• Finnish: rantamaa (fi), ranta (fi)
• Hungarian: vízpart (hu)
• Italian: lungomare (it) m
• Japanese: 水辺 (ja) (suihen, mizube)

Adjective

waterside (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or situated on a waterside.
   • 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 838:

     Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.

Derived terms

• waterside worker

Translations

situated on a waterside

• Finnish: ranta- (fi)
• Hungarian: vízparti (hu)
• Japanese: 水辺の (suihen no, mizuabe no)

Anagrams

• sewardite