beach: Meaning and Definition of
beach
Pronunciation: (bēch), [key] — n.
- an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.
- the area adjacent to a seashore: We're vacationing at the beach.
—v.t. - to haul or run onto a beach: We beached the ship to save it.
- to make inoperative or unemployed.
Beach
Pronunciation: (bēch), [key] — n.
- 1800–68, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- 1877–1949, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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