Seaside
['siːsaɪd] or ['sisaɪd]
Definition
(n.) The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.
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Examples
- The medical man who looked in pronounced him shaky, agitated, and talked of a little blood and the seaside; but he took neither of these remedies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Many patents have been granted for apparatus operating on this principle, and it has been put to some practical use in country houses, and seaside resorts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Send Beth and Mother to the seaside for a month or two, answered Jo promptly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Budmouth was her native place, a fashionable seaside resort at that date. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Miss Keeldar and her friends were at the seaside; so were Mrs. Yorke's household. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- By the seaside he would have fish, mollusca, and seaweed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A person five feet tall, standing on the beach at the seaside, is able to see about two and three-quarter miles away, while one a foot taller can see about a quarter of a mile further. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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