Look up: BEACH

1. Beach
   (1) A deposit of non-cohesive material (e.g. sand, GRAVEL) situated on the interface between dry land and the sea (or other large expanse of water) and actively 'worked' by present-day hydrodynamics processes (i.e. waves, tides and CURRENTS) and sometimes by winds. (2) The zone of unconsolidated mat...
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2. Beach
   Naval 'On the Beach' Naval slang expression normally, and originally, meaning retired from the Service, but of recent years sometimes used to describe an appointment to a shore establishment.
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3. beach
   [n] - an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake 2. [v] - land on a beach, as of watercraft
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4. BEACH
   placement of extra sand and shingle,to replace sand washed away Category: Environment • seine that is shot in a semicircle and hauled in from the shore Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a type of seine net,which is usually set from a bo...
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5. Beach
   Beach (bēch) noun ; plural Beaches (-ĕz). [ Confer Swedish backe hill, Danish bakke , Icelandic bakki hill, bank. Confer Bank .] 1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. 2. The shore ...
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6. Beach
   Beach transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beached (bēcht); present participle & verbal noun Beaching .] To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.
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7. beach
   1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. ... 2. <ecology> The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Raised beach, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave act...
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8. beach
   noun an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
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9. beach
   verb land on a beach; `the ship beached near the port`
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10. beach
    a narrow strip of land that rises gradually from an adjacent body of water, usually consisting of sand and/or small stones
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11. Beach
    • (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle. • (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship. • (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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12. beach
    sediments that accumulate along the sea or lake shores, the configuration and contours of which depend on the action of coastal processes, the kinds ... [5 related articles]
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13. Beach
    [disambiguation] A beach is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles along the shoreline of a body of water. Beach, Beaches or beaching may also refer to: In literature: Films: People: Places: Other: ...
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14. Beach
    A beach is a landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones. The particles comprising the beach are occasionally biological in origin, such as mollusc shell...
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15. Beach
    The terrestrial interface area in between land and a water body where there are accumulations of unconsolidated sediments like sand and gravel. These deposits are laid down by the action of breaking waves.
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16. beach
    beach, a gently sloping zone where deposits of unconsolidated sediments are subject to wave action at the shore of an ocean or lake. Most of the sediment making up a beach is supplied by rivers or by the erosion of highlands adjacent to the coast. Beaches extend from a low waterline landward to a de...
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17. beach
    Click images to enlargeStrip of land bordering the sea, normally consisting of boulders and pebbles on exposed coasts, or sand on sheltered coasts. Beaches lie between the high- and low-water marks (high and low tides). A berm, a ridge of sand and pebbles, may be found at the farthest point that the water reaches,...
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18. beach
    A sand hazard on the course
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19. Beach
    A sand bunker.
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20. Beach
    a geological landform along the shoreline of a body of water, consisting of loose particles composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobble, or of shell fragments or coralline algae fragments.
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