beach
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- noun
- /biːtʃ/
:
playa
- The children built a sandcastle at the beach near our hotel.
- sandy beaches
- beach sand
- walk along the beach
I think this might be my first black sand beach, bro, check this out.
- I think this might be my first black sand beach, bro, check this out.
- Do you know which way the beach is that way?
- My biggest pet peeve of the beach is sand on my feet.
- Stay safe, wash your hands, and remember the beach sucks.
Examples
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I think this might be my first black sand beach, bro, check this out.
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The next day was Sunday and we went for a ride down to the beach.
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So here I am on a beach in North Wales.
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Take a walk down to the beach with me.
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Today we're going to a new beach with rocks.
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We can hang out on the beach without freezing.
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We are sitting below the tide line of a beach just north of Half Moon Bay.
Fiction book (1990) -
There was this long row of beach houses that stretched far to the north.
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We've just got to the second beach of the day.
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Imagine you're on a beach in the Caribbean.
Synonyms
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The land beside the sea or ocean
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Land at the edge of a sea or lake
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The line where land meets water like a sea, lake or river
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An area near the sea where people go for holidays
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An area of sand next to the sea or a lake
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Land at the edge of the sea with sand or rocks
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Land next to the sea or ocean
Compounds
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A city in southeast Florida on the mainland near Palm Beach with beaches, shops, and warm weather
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A city by the ocean in southeastern Virginia, United States, with long beaches and a boardwalk
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A city and beach resort in northeastern Florida known for wide sandy beaches and car races
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A tough grass with strong roots that grows on sandy shores and stops sand dunes from moving
- Specialized
A plant with thick leaves and sticky stems that makes one pink or purple flower on coastal bluffs
A small plant with fine white hairs that grows on sandy beaches in northeastern North America
A low plant near the sea with round heads of dark red flowers that grow on sandy dunes
A low plant with long stems and large flowers that grows on sandy beaches
- UK
A wild plant with purple flowers that grows on sandy coasts and helps hold the sand
- US
A shrub that grows on the northeast coast and makes white flowers and purple fruit you can eat
A low plant with groups of pink or white flowers that grows on sandy coasts
- UK
A car with a long body and back door with extra space behind the back seat for bags or people
- Specialized
A plant with greyish leaves that grows on sandy coasts of eastern North America and is grown in gardens
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Beach comes from an old word for land by water, like the place where a small river or 'brook' meets the sea, so it became the name for the sandy or stony edge beside a sea or lake.