Beach definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BEACH, n. The shore of the sea, or of a lake ... of a sea or lake v 1: land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port" Merriam Webster's I ... ashore 2. to strand on or as if on a beach U.S. Military Dictionary 1. The area extending from the ... run or haul up (a boat etc.) on to a beach. Phrases and idioms: beach-ball a large inflated ball for games on the ...
beach flea definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small ... crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches [syn: beach flea, sand hopper, sandhopper, sand flea] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1843 sand flea 2 Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beach Beach (b[=e]ch), n.; pl. Beaches (-[e^]z). [Cf. Sw ... the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea (Zo["o]l.), the common name of many species ... ae], living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. Beach grass (Bot.), a coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea), growing on ...
Raised beach definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Raised Raised, a. 1. Lifted ... of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised beach. See under Beach, n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beach Beach (b[=e]ch), n.; pl. Beaches (-[e^]z). [Cf. Sw ... the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea (Zo["o]l.), the common name of many ...
beach wagon definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... body and rear door with space behind rear seat [syn: beach wagon, station wagon, wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beach Beach (b[=e]ch), n.; pl. Beaches (-[e^]z). [Cf. Sw ... the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea (Zo["o]l.), the common name of many ...
Beach comber definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beach comber Beach comber [Written also beach-comber.] (Naut.) A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who ... enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T. Bullen. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beach comber Beach" comb`er A long, curling wave rolling ...
beach grass definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: tough ... widely planted to bind sandy slopes Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beach Beach (b[=e]ch), n.; pl. Beaches (-[e^]z). [Cf. Sw ... the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea (Zo["o]l.), the common name of many species ... ae], living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. Beach grass (Bot.), a coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea), growing on the ... the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the waves. Beach wagon, a light open wagon with two or more ...
beach ball definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large and light ball; for play at the seaside [syn: beach ball, beachball] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1940 a large inflated ball for use at the beach Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (beach balls) A beach ball is a large, light ball filled with air, which people play with, especially on the beach. N-COUNT
beach-comber definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beach comber Beach comber [Written also beach-comber.] (Naut.) A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who ... enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T. Bullen. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see beachcomber
colored beach definitions U.S. Military Dictionary That portion of usable coastline ... force consists of a single battalion landing team, a colored beach will be used and no further subdivision of the beach is required. See also numbered beach. (JP 3-02)
beach bum definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (beach bums) If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea. N-COUNT
beach plum definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: seacoast ... America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit [syn: beach plum, beach plum bush, Prunus maritima] 2: small dark purple fruit used ... of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or purple globular ...
beach width definitions U.S. Military Dictionary The horizontal dimensions of the beach measured at right angles to the shoreline from the line ... extreme low water inland to the landward limit of the beach (the coastline).
beach pea definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: wild ... and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder [syn: beach pea, sea pea, Lathyrus maritimus, Lathyrus japonicus] Merriam Webster's ... closely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below. Beach pea (Bot.), a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus. Black-eyed pea ...
beach waggon definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... body and rear door with space behind rear seat [syn: beach wagon, station wagon, wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon]
beach plum bush definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit [syn: beach plum, beach plum bush, Prunus maritima]