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palmy beach

palmy beach

4.9
A beach with many palm trees in a tropical, green setting
  • noun
  • Literature
translation icon : playa con palmeras
  • After days of hiking, they finally arrived at a secluded palmy beach with clear blue water.

Examples

  • We spent our afternoons relaxing on the palmy beach with a cold drink in hand.

  • The hotel promoted its palmy beach as the perfect getaway for honeymooners.

  • The palmy beach was crowded with tourists.

  • I love relaxing on a palmy beach.

  • After days of hiking, they finally arrived at a secluded palmy beach with clear blue water.

  • The hotel promoted its palmy beach as the perfect getaway for honeymooners.

  • We spent our afternoons relaxing on the palmy beach with a cold drink in hand.

Synonyms

beach
vspalmy beach
∞ 1.0

An area of sand with small stones beside a sea or lake

is the same shoreline but specifically with many tall tropical trees and lush vegetation

How Tropical

tropical
144 3.4
palmy beach
  • Literature
4.9
beach
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

palmy beach singular
palmy beaches plural

Morphology

palmy + beach

The compound is directly compositional: 'palmy' (built from 'palm' + adjectival -y, meaning 'having palm trees') + 'beach' yields 'a beach with many palm trees.' Even if 'palmy' is relatively rare in English, the morphological pattern (noun + -y meaning 'having') is regular and cross-linguistically transparent, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Palmy beach comes from the simple image of a beach full of palm trees. 'Palmy' here means 'full of palm trees', so the phrase suggests a warm, 'tropical' place to relax.