beach
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beach/biːtʃ/
▶noun a pebbly or sandy shore at the edge of the sea or a lake. ▶verb bring on to a beach from the water.
■ (with reference to a whale) become or cause to become stranded on a beach.
– origin C16: perh. rel. to OE bæce, bece ‘brook’.
'beach' also found in these Oxford entries:
bawn
- beachhead
- Beach-la-mar
- beach plum
- beachside
- beachwear
- Bislama
- boardwalk
- cabana
- groyne
- landing craft
- lido
- lifeguard
- lifesaver
- Malibu
- monokini
- plage
- playa
- raised beach
- sanderling
- seaside
- sock
- swash
- terrace
