Beach Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (2024)

1 beach

/ˈbiːtʃ/

noun

plural

beaches

1 beach

/ˈbiːtʃ/

noun

plural

beaches

Britannica Dictionary definition of BEACH

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:

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

  • We spent the day at the beach.

  • walking/lying on the beach

  • white, sandy beaches

  • private/public beaches

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beaches;

beached;

beaching

2 beach

/ˈbiːtʃ/

verb

beaches;

beached;

beaching

Britannica Dictionary definition of BEACH

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1

:

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

  • The pirates beached the ship on the island.

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◊ When a large ocean animal, such as a whale, is beached or has beached itself, it has come out of the water onto land and is unable to return to the water.

  • People were trying to rescue a whale that had beached itself on the shore.

  • a beached whale

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