Beachy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbiːt͡ʃi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Beachy is an adjective meaning Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.
Meaning
Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.
Example Sentences
2004 Exporters, here's a "beachy" place to get your feet wet. It's close by, and one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean. — USDA site
O God that one might reade the booke of fate, / And ſee the reuolution of the times, / Make mountaines leuell, and the continent / Weary of ſolide firmeneſſe melt it ſelfe / Into the ſea, and other times to ſee, / The beachie girdle of the ocean, / Too wide for Neptunes hips, how chances mockes, / And changes fill the cup of alteration, / With diuers liquors!
Word Forms
- beachier
- beachiest
Synonyms for beachy
Depending on context, synonyms include gravelly, shingly, pebbly, beachlike, sandy.
Antonyms for beachy
Common opposites include cliffy, clifflike.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beachlike, shingly, pebbly, gravelly, sandy, girdle.
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