Definition of beach

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Beach (n.) The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand..

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Beaches :: Beaches (pl. ) of Beac.
Surfeit :: Surfboat (n.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach..
Beach :: Beach (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship..
Seabeach :: Seabeach (n.) A beach lying along the sea.
Beaching :: Beaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beac.
Lugworm :: Lugworm (n.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm..
Sea Clam :: Sea clam () Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam..
Stranded :: Strand (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river..
Beach :: Beach (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle..
Sanderling :: Sanderling (n.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc..
Orchestian :: Orchestian (n.) Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidae. See Beach flea, under Beach..
Marram :: Marram (n.) A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach..
Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..
Groin :: Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
Beached :: Beached (imp. & p. p.) of Beac.
Beached :: Beached (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached..
Beachy :: Beachy (a.) Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly.
Strong :: Strond (n.) Strand; beach.
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