beach

noun \ ˈbēch \

|Updated on: 8 Jul 2018

Examples: beach in a Sentence

Definition of beach

1 : shore pebbles : shingle

2 a : a shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger rock fragments

b : a seashore area

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Examples of beach in a Sentence

We spent the day at the beach.
she loves walking along the beach, looking for shells that the waves cast up

Recent Examples of beach from the Web

Should the Florida Legislature pass a statewide ban on smoking at the beach?

— dan sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Is it time to ban beach smoking?," 2 July 2018
At that rate, none of the aforementioned DNA-repairing sunscreens would last you more than 8 hours at the beach.

— robbie gonzalez, WIRED, "DNA-Repairing Sunscreen: Legit or Not?," 2 July 2018
Guests dine on homemade coconut yogurt and salmon smoked over a fire pit on the beach.

— kati pohjanpalo, Bloomberg.com, "A $4,600 Ticket to Networking Excludes All Men, and Some Women," 1 July 2018
Workouts are downtown and at the beach and include warm-up, stretching, drills, hills, stairs, intervals and long runs, depending on day of week and goals.

— linda mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Daughters of Amer. Revolution recruit," 29 June 2018
Chopra followed days later with a photo of Jonas and a man who many identified as her brother on the beach together.

— erica gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas Are Now Headed to Brazil Together," 29 June 2018
Shorewood police were tasked with making multiple daily safety checks at the beach.

— jeff rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Lifeguards will return to Atwater Beach in Shorewood this summer," 20 June 2018
For the rest of us, showing it in public — even at the beach, when wearing very little — is almost a political statement in itself.

— heather widdows, Time, "Body Hair Is Natural. Society Thinking Otherwise Is Dangerous," 13 June 2018
In one alarming incident, French policemen in Nice forced a woman to remove her burkini at the beach because covering arms and legs was now against the law.

— rafia zakaria, The New Republic, "The Feminist Future of Modesty," 12 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of beach

origin unknown

NEW! Time Traveler

First Known Use: circa 1535

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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beach Synonyms

Synonyms

beachfront, sand(s), strand;

Related Words

seaboard, seacoast, seashore, seaside;

coast, coastland, coastline, shore, shoreline;

oceanfront, shorefront, waterfront;

bank, riverbank, riverfront, riverside;

esplanade;

littoral;

Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

beach

verb

Definition of beach

beached; beaching; beaches

transitive verb

1 : to run or drive ashore

beaching the landing craft in the assault

The storm damaged and beached half the fleet.

2 : to strand on or as if on a beach

a beached shark

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Examples of beach in a Sentence

The pirates beached the ship on the island.

Recent Examples of beach from the Web

The sightings Thursday mean that great white sharks have been spotted off Cape Cod beaches three out of four days since Monday.

— john r. ellement, BostonGlobe.com, "Great white shark named James and another with no name spotted off Cape," 5 July 2018
More information on Waukesha County beaches is available at bit.ly/WaukeshaCountybeaches.

— henry j. morgan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Menomonee Park beach opens Saturday. Here's what you need to know.," 15 June 2018
Over 800 people who flocked to Central Florida beaches over the weekend and into Monday walked away with painful jellyfish stings, according to multiple outlets.

— caitlin keating, PEOPLE.com, "Over 800 People Stung by Jellyfish at Central Florida Beaches in Only Three Days," 13 June 2018
The last commenter in that section of Facebook comments lays the blame where most experts do — beach erosion due to shoreline construction.

— dan sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Build sea walls and jetties, plant mangroves — readers share their alternatives to piling sand on beaches," 11 June 2018
Jellyfish on Volusia County beaches stung 250 people on Sunday, for a total of 2,050 stings in the last nine days, according to a report by WFTV.

— the web staff, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Jellyfish sting 250 people in Volusia on Father's Day: report," 18 June 2018
Michiana Village and Lions Park beaches on Lake Michigan have been under contamination advisory due to high bacteria levels since Tuesday.

— Detroit Free Press, "2 Michigan beaches closed after high bacteria levels found," 13 June 2018
Strong surf and dangerous rip currents will hit San Diego County beaches this weekend, arriving at a time when the weather is expected to be mostly sunny and warm at the coastline.

— gary robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Powerful surf and rip currents to hit San Diego beaches this week," 8 June 2018
And in 2016, some of the more than 30 beached sperm whales beached in Europe were found with plastic debris in their stomachs, National Geographic reported, including a large fishing net, an engine cover and shards of a plastic bucket.

— alex horton, Washington Post, "No one could save a pilot whale that swallowed 17 pounds of plastic bags off Thailand," 3 June 2018

Origin and Etymology of beach

verbal derivative of ¹beach

NEW! Time Traveler

First Known Use: 1799

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Other Nautical Terms

avast, aweigh, flotsam, jib, keel, lee, port, starboard, stay

BEACH Defined for English Language Learners

beach

noun

Definition of beach for English Language Learners

: an area covered with sand or small rocks that is next to an ocean or lake

beach

verb

Definition of beach for English Language Learners

: to cause (a boat or ship) to go out of the water and onto a beach

BEACH Defined for Kids

beach

noun \ ˈbēch \

Definition of beach for Students

: a sandy or gravelly part of the shore of an ocean or a lake

beach

verb

Definition of beach for Students

beached; beaching

: to run or drive ashore

beach a boat

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