Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surfside

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: surf-side
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Beside the sea.

name

A town in Miami Beach, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States; to the north of North Beach, Miami Beach.

name

A locality in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Example Sentences

"These surfside Peter Pans survey each summer’s crop of young women on the sand like an incoming class of freshman co-eds on the quad."
"Mitch wakes up in his eighth floor hotel suite with a surfside view of the ocean to Margo shaking his shoulder and saying, “Poppy, Larry is dead.”"

Etymology

From surf + -side.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: surf

Inflected Forms

surf-side (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

creekside riverside North Beach Little Buenos Aires Miami Beach Miami Miami-Dade Florida

Questions

What does surfside mean?: Beside the sea.
Where does surfside come from?: From surf + -side.

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