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beach
CIDE DICTIONARY
beach, n. [Cf. Sw. backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. Bank.].
- Pebbles, collectively; shingle. [1913 Webster]
- The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. [1913 Webster]
beach, v. t.
To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beach, n. & v.
--n. a pebbly or sandy shore esp. of the sea between high- and low-water marks.
--v.tr. run or haul up (a boat etc.) on to a beach.
--n. a pebbly or sandy shore esp. of the sea between high- and low-water marks.
--v.tr. run or haul up (a boat etc.) on to a beach.
Idiom
beach-ball a large inflated ball for games on the beach. beach buggy a low wide-wheeled motor vehicle for recreational driving on sand. beach plum
1 a maritime N. American shrub, Prunus maritima.
2 its edible fruit.
1 a maritime N. American shrub, Prunus maritima.
2 its edible fruit.
Etymology
16th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
beach
bank, berm, careen, cast away, coast, coastland, coastline, embankment, foreshore, ground, ironbound coast, lido, littoral, margin, pile up, plage, playa, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast, run aground, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shingle, shipwreck, shore, shoreline, strand, submerged coast, take the ground, tidewater, waterfront, waterside, wreckROGET THESAURUS
beach
Land
N land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.Also see definition of "beach" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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