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beachcomb

beachcomb

7.4
A person who walks along a beach to find shells, coins, or other objects
  • noun
  • /ˈbiːtʃˌkoʊm/
translation icon : buscador de conchas
  • Every morning, the dedicated beachcomb walked the shore looking for interesting shells and driftwood.

Examples

  • The beachcomb found a beautiful shell.

  • Many beachcombs visit the shore every weekend.

  • Every morning, the dedicated beachcomb walked the shore looking for interesting shells and driftwood.

  • As a beachcomb, he often found coins and small treasures after storms.

  • The local beachcomb shared stories about the unusual objects she had discovered over the years.

  • As a beachcomb, he often found coins and small treasures after storms.

  • The local beachcomb shared stories about the unusual objects she had discovered over the years.

Synonyms

beachcomber
vsbeachcomb
3 7.4

A person who lives or spends time on a beach looking for things washed up by the sea

focuses on actively searching along the shore rather than living there

Surface Forms

beachcomb singular
beachcombs plural

Morphology

beachcomb = beach + comb (semi-transparent) = beach + comb

The components are clear, but the person sense is an agentive extension from the action of combing a beach rather than a fully regular noun formation.

Etymology

Beachcomb comes from the words beach and comb, where comb means 'to search' like combing your hair, so a beachcomb is a person who 'combs' the shore for shells and small treasures.