beach

  • 11Beach — (spr. bihtsch), Sir Michael Hicks, s. Hicks Beach …

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  • 12beach — n. m. (Anglicisme) (Afr. subsah.) d1./d Quai d un port fluvial. d2./d Plage au bord d un fleuve. d3./d Point par où on traverse un cours d eau. d4./d Ville basse, centre commercial d une ville. Descendre faire ses courses au beach. Des beachs ou… …

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  • 13beach — ► NOUN ▪ a pebbly or sandy shore at the edge of the sea or a lake. ► VERB ▪ bring or come on to a beach from the water. ORIGIN perhaps related to an Old English word meaning «brook» …

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  • 14beach — [bēch] n. [E dial., orig., pebbles, shingle < ?] 1. a nearly level stretch of pebbles and sand beside a sea, lake, etc., often washed by high water; sandy shore; strand 2. an area of shore as a place for swimming, sunbathing, etc. vt., vi. to… …

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  • 15beach — index littoral Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 16beach — n strand, coast, foreshore, *shore, bank, littoral …

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  • 17beach — [n] sandy area by body of water bank, coast, lakeshore, lakeside, littoral, margin, oceanfront, seaboard, seafront, seashore, seaside, shingle, shore, strand, waterfront; concepts 509,514 …

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  • 18beach|y — «BEE chee», adjective. covered with loose pebbles; shingly …

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  • 19Beach — A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobble. The particles of which the beach is composed can… …

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  • 20beach — beachless, adj. /beech/, n. 1. an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore. 2. the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves. 3. the area adjacent to a seashore: We re vacationing at the beach. v.t.… …

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