boardwalk
Collocations
5ADJ.
against, famous, good, lay, over, together, wooden
VERB + BOARDWALK
extend, get, go, pay, rent, skate, staggered
BOARDWALK + NOUN
sea
PREP.
from, off, on
ADV.
twice
Definitions
noun
A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
A man, whom we had noticed walking rather uncertainly, as if not sure whether he was going up or down hill, at this crisis came to a pause, staggered off the boardwalk, and leaned against the fence.
[A]bout the beginning of the war the greatest concern of [Ulysses Simpson] Grant was to get a good boardwalk laid from his house to the store. […] It is related, that after one of his great victories, some gentlemen of Galena had the walk laid, and telegraphed the General: "Rest easy, the walk is down."
verb
To install a boardwalk over.
A footpath would be boardwalked across the east meadow and would minimize compaction.
The state Forestry Division is boardwalking the Alaka‘i Swamp Trail to prevent damage to its fragile ecosystem, and, as of this writing, they had completed all but a mile.
name
A board game space and the most expensive real estate property in the predominant U.S. form of Monopoly.
He had to pay rent for Boardwalk twice while playing Monopoly.
You kids don’t appreciate Boardwalk and Park Place because you never had to work for them.
Atlantic City itself.
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6A man, whom we had noticed walking rather uncertainly, as if not sure whether he was going up or down hill, at this crisis came to a pause, staggered off the boardwalk, and leaned against the fence.
Wiktionary[A]bout the beginning of the war the greatest concern of [Ulysses Simpson] Grant was to get a good boardwalk laid from his house to the store. […] It is related, that after one of his great victories,
WiktionaryFrom the height of the boardwalk the sea lay before them, silver and stony, fold on fold of it, stretching east into the mist and clouds.
WiktionaryA footpath would be boardwalked across the east meadow and would minimize compaction.
WiktionaryThe state Forestry Division is boardwalking the Alaka‘i Swamp Trail to prevent damage to its fragile ecosystem, and, as of this writing, they had completed all but a mile.
WiktionaryAn 18-km trail, 65 fences now stiled, electric wires at the cross-points sheaved with PVC, the swamp boardwalked, the drainage canals bridged, the signage in place.
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