Beach
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beach is a noun meaning The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
Meaning
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
More Meanings
- A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
- (UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
- (motor racing, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap.
- (sports) A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
- Euphemistic form of bitch (taboo swear word).
- (intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
- (transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.
Example Sentences
That beach should be punished!
Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.
When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.
Great Aías led twelve ships from Sálamis and beached them where Athenians formed for battle.
Word Forms
- beaches
- beaching
- beached
Synonyms for beach
Depending on context, synonyms include backshore, sand, strand.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aground, strand, shore, shoreline, foreshore, waterfront.
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