BEACH
Dictionary entry overview: What does beach mean?
• BEACH (noun)
The noun BEACH has 1 sense:
1. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
Familiarity information: BEACH used as a noun is very rare.
• BEACH (verb)
The verb BEACH has 1 sense:
1. land on a beach
Familiarity information: BEACH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEACH (noun)
Meaning:
An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("beach" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Meronyms (substance of "beach"):
sand (a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beach"):
plage (the beach at a seaside resort)
Holonyms ("beach" is a part of...):
shore (the land along the edge of a body of water)
• BEACH (verb)
Meaning:
Land on a beach
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the ship beached near the port
Hypernyms (to "beach" is one way to...):
land; set down (reach or come to rest)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The men beach the boat
