Meanings
adjectivebeachfront (not comparable)
- not comparableOf property (real estate): located on a beach.
As Fire Island’s reputation grew, so did the fame of its residents. In 1977, after divorcing his first wife, Calvin Klein bought one of Gifford’s beachfront homes.
2025 June 11, Oliver Wainwright, “‘Made for sex’: the hedonistic party palaces of New York’s Fire Island – and the blond bombshell who made them”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025
nounbeachfront (plural beachfronts)
plural beachfronts
- The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
- Proto-Germanic*bakiz
- Proto-West Germanic*baki
- Old Englishbæċ
- Middle Englishbache
- Englishbeach
- Latinfrontem
- Old Frenchfront
- Middle Englishfrount
- Englishfront
- Englishbeachfront
Translations
Finnish ranta-, ranta
- ranta-located on a beach
- rantaland alongside a beach
- rannan puoliland alongside a beach
Portuguese balneário
- balneárioland alongside a beach
Cite this entry
APA
beachfront. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beachfront
MLA
“beachfront.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beachfront. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beachfront,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beachfront.
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