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单词 beach
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beachn.

Brit. /biːtʃ/, U.S. /bitʃ/
Forms: 1500s– beach; also 1500s bache, bayche, 1600s beatch, 1600s–1700s baich(e, 1700s beech.
Etymology: Origin unknown: apparently at first a dialect word, meaning, as it still does in Sussex, Kent, and the adjacent counties, the shingle or pebbles worn by the waves. Thence the transference of the term to the place covered by ‘beach,’ was easy for those who heard such phrases as ‘to lie’ or ‘walk on the beach,’ without knowing the exact significance. The French grève shows precisely the same transference. The spelling shows that the pronunciation in 16–18th cent. was /beːtʃ/. If Old English, the type would be *bǽce . A derivation < Old Norse bakki ‘bank,’ which has been proposed (for sense 3), is not admissible phonologically: (compare bache n.). Another conjecture would derive beach < bleach < Old English blǽce, < blác white, with loss of l, of which there is however no evidence.
1. (Usually collective, formerly occasionally with plural): The loose water-worn pebbles of the sea-shore; shingle.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle > shingle
stanners1508
beachc1535
shingle1598
c1535 Art Suruey 28 The smooth hard beach on the Sea~shoares burnes to a purer white.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VII. 118 A Banke of baches throwen up by the Se.
1566 A. Edwards Let. 26 Apr. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 377 Wee haled your barke ouer a barre of beach or peeble stones.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 249 Rowling pebble stones, which those that dwell neere the sea do call Bayche.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 As many peeble stones or beatch as can there lie.
1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 116 The Drift or Rolling of the Beach or Shingle along the Shore.
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 17 Shingle brought from the sea-coast is always called beach.
1884 Cole Antiq. Hastings 18 All that part between Cambridge Road and the sea is one mass of beach.
†2. A ridge or bank of stones or shingle. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > stony ridge
beach1673
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 280 The baich or languet of land between the Haven of Messina and the Fretum Siculum.
1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) i. iii. 18 Raising up therein a Baich or Bank of Stones as big as Towers.
3.
a. The shore of the sea, on which the waves break, the strand; spec. the part of the shore lying between high- and low-water-mark. Also applied to the shore of a lake or large river. In Geology an ancient sea-margin. In early quotations, this sense is often doubtful: it is probably Shakespeare's sense in all the five passages in which he uses beach; though, taken by themselves, ‘stand vpon the Beach’ Merch. V. iv. i. 70, ‘the fishermen that walke vpon the beach’ Lear iv. v. 17, might as well belong to 1.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > beach or foreshore
strand plat1582
beach1600
playa1600
wash1614
foreshore1764
sublittoral1886
shore zone1921
midlittoral1948
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bank > [noun]
banksidec1540
coast1607
beach1756
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 70 You may as well goe stand vpon the Beach and bid the maine flood bate his vsuall height. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 58 The Pibbles on the hungry beach . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 299 On the Beach Of that inflamed Sea, he stood. View more context for this quotation
1756 in Doc. Hist. State N.Y. (1849) I. 478 Upwards of 1000 French and Indians appeared upon the Beech [of Lake Ontario].
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 52 In dreadful form, the curving beech appears.
1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 201 A little isle, in a small loch in Badenoch, was totally reversed and flung on the beach.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (1850) xiii. 178 These strata passing by the name of ‘raised beaches,’ occur at moderate elevations on the coast.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 15 Like gold-grains in the mud-beach.
1843 N. Boone Jrnl. in L. Pelzer Marches of Dragoons (1917) 189 Captain Boone..commenced his march from the beach of Grand River opposite Fort Gibson.
1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iii. xvii. 154 The strip of sand, gravel or mud, which is alternately covered and laid bare by the rise and fall of the tidal undulation is called the beach.
b. Nautical. The shore, any part of the coastline off which a ship is at anchor; hence on the beach, ashore; retired (the beach = land, civilian life); to take the beach, to go on shore leave. By extension on the beach is used to mean ‘beachcombing, unemployed’; also (occasionally) penniless, ‘broke’.
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society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > be on leave
furlough1892
to take the beach1903
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun]
sea-warthc888
sea-rimOE
sea-strandc1000
sandc1275
rive1296
bankc1350
sea-banka1375
sea-coasta1400
coastc1400
warthc1450
ripec1475
landsidec1515
seashore1526
banksidec1540
brinish brink1594
shorea1616
ore1652
outland1698
sea beach1742
table-shore1849
playa1898
treaty coast1899
treaty shore1901
beach1903
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed
servicelessc1450
unlabouredc1450
masterless1471
unwrought1550
unplaced1558
labourless1576
flag-fallen1609
unlabouring1619
disemployed1651
hireless1651
unengaged1654
unemployed1667
unworking1696
untoiling1748
workless1758
occupationless1822
placeless1828
out of work1833
non-working1841
unhired1852
jobless1862
out of (or in) collar1862
non-employed1876
spare1919
on the beach1923
in dry dock1927
off-the-job1950
on (also upon) the street(s)1980
unwaged1981
the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money
to the boneOE
silverlessc1325
pennilessc1330
moneylessc1400
impecunious1596
crossless1600
penceless1605
unmoneyed1606
coinless1614
emptya1643
out of pocket1679
money-bound1710
broke1716
embarrassed1744
stiver cramped1785
plackless1786
taper1789
poundlessa1794
shillingless1797
unpennied1804
fundless1809
impecuniary1814
hard up1821
soldier-thighed1825
cashless1833
stiverless1839
fly-blown1853
strapped1857
stick1859
tight1859
stone-broke1886
stony1886
oofless1888
stony-broke1890
motherless1906
penny-pinched1918
skinned1924
skint1925
on the beach1935
potless1936
boracic1959
uptight1967
brassic1982
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [phrase] > retired
on the beach1937
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement > retired
retiredc1598
emerited1664
ret.1767
emeritus1794
ret'd1826
on the beach1937
1903 J. London People of Abyss xi. 127 England is always crowded with sailormen on the beach.
1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship iv. 71 The head of the Officer of the Watch appeared... ‘Wake up, you Weary Willies. There's a boat to the beach at seven-bells.’
1916 ‘Ward-room’ H.M.S. ii. 29 The captain and the commander had ‘taken the beach’ for the afternoon.
1923 Daily Mail 15 May 8 Hundreds of the trawlermen to-day find themselves ‘on the beach’, owing to the distressed condition of the fishing industry.
1925 ‘Bartimeus’ Great Security iii. §2. 181 Hitherto he had been accustomed to view ‘the Beach’ as an incident in his normal life, an environment that asked nothing of him and gave nothing in return.
1925 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 11 Jan. in Performing Flea (1953) 30 The world is full of poor devils on the brink of being chucked out of jobs and put on the beach.
1935 ‘G. Orwell’ Clergyman's Daughter ii. § i. 99 You on the beach, kid?…On the bum?…What I mean to say, kid—have you got any money?
1937 W. S. Churchill Great Contemp. 336 The somewhat pathetic appeal of a retired officer mouldering on the beach.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
beach-bag n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > for use at beach
beach-bag1934
1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad iv. 40 They gathered up their beach-bags and went up to the bar.
beach-bird n.
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the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [noun] > that frequents shore
shore-bird1676
sand bird1709
beach-bird1837
1837 N. Hawthorne Amer. Notebks. (1972) iii. 163 You are preceded by a flock of twenty or thirty beach birds.
beach-line n.
beach-pea n.
beach-pyjamas n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > for specific purpose
sables1603
procation1650
business suit1854
frock-dress1854
suit1864
smoking-suit1898
rain suit1900
beach-pyjamas1928
safari kit1928
safari suit1935
1928 Vanity Fair Aug. 74 These beach pyjamas of figured foulard are slipped on over the bathing suit.
1936 M. Laski in Cherwell 7 Mar. They paint their toenails, stroll down the High in beach pyjamas.
1959 New Statesman 13 June 838/2 A lady visitor to an East Coast resort..is discovered dead on the shore..wearing beach-pyjamas at early dawn.
beach-robe n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > bathing-robe
bathing-robe1924
beach-wrap1927
beach gown1928
beach-robe1952
1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 21 Feb. 5/1 The Admiral Lord Rodney, got up much like Nero in a cool beachrobe or toga.
beach-sand n.
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1919 R. A. Daly in Carnegie Inst. Year Bk. 192 Cementation of beach sand by calcium carbonate is very common in..tropical seas generally. The product may be called ‘beach-rock’.
beach sandals n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with straps or thongs > sandal > types of > sandals
zori1823
beach sandals1934
1934 W. Plomer Invaders xiv. 262 He was wearing only..trousers and beach sandals.
1966 ‘A. York’ Eliminator iii. 49 She..thrust her feet into gold beach sandals.
beach shirt n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > types of > other
bloody shirta1586
ruffle shirt1749
ruffled shirt1754
dicky1781
overshirt1805
camise1812
mill tog1821
boiled shirt1853
Crimean shirt1853
Crimea shirt1857
shirtwaist1859
shirt1867
polo shirt1887
zephyr1887
Ghost Shirt1890
Henley1890
negligée shirt1895
turtle-neck1897
rugby shirt1902
bush shirt1909
tunic shirt1918
safari shirt1921
button-down1924
thousand-miler1929
aloha shirt1936
buba1937
zoot shirt1942
Hawaiian shirt1955
sweater-shirt1964
beach shirt1966
kimono shirt1968
dashiki1969
1966 G. Lyall Shooting Script viii. 47 There was just one man alone, wearing a vivid beach shirt.
beach-wear n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > other
dress1539
khilat1684
sweaters1828
tropicals1880
trade dress1887
sportswear1903
rat-catcher1910
rainwear1913
beach-wear1928
transitioner1941
camouflage1945
warm-up1949
buoyancy garment1962
athleisure1976
1928 Men's Wear (U.S.) Oct. 10 (caption) Fantastic Beach Wear at Juan les Pins.
1952 Vogue June 6 (advt.) Our gay, new beachwear.
beach-wrap n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > bathing-robe
bathing-robe1924
beach-wrap1927
beach gown1928
beach-robe1952
1927 Star 30 May 8/1 Women's Beach Wraps, made of..coloured towelling.
C2.
beach-ball n. a large inflated ball for use at a beach.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > ball or balloon > [noun]
ball?c1225
wind-ball1578
toss-ball1681
air ball1756
balloon1800
poi1817
gum ball1855
air balloon1883
beach-ball1940
1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. vi. 73 The combatants were assaulting each other with beach-balls.
beach boy n. a male beach attendant; a play-boy on a beach.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > holiday-maker or tourist > types of
waterer1776
summer boarder1826
honeymooner1832
weekender1880
beacher1923
visiting fireman1926
beach boy1939
ecotourist1985
dark tourist2000
1939 Time 12 June 87/1 Kilt-style skirt worn over shorts (already fashionable among Florida's rich beach boys).
1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell ii. 20 Penniless Sicilian barons were six a penny among the beach-boys.
1965 N.Z. Listener 17 Dec. 5/2 The Beach Boys are at the front of this wave of frantic surf music.
beach buggy n. originally U.S. a low, wide-wheeled motor vehicle designed or adapted for recreational driving on sand: see buggy n.1 4a.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > beach buggy
buggy1930
dune buggy1955
beach buggy1961
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Beach buggy.
1965 Hot Rod Apr. 75 (caption) A duner's delight, this beach buggy will run anywhere ‘wheels up’ in the toughest terrain.
1969 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 14 The British public is being given its first chance to see an example of America's newest fun car, the Beachbuggy.
1985 Times 3 Jan. 24/6 50 blacks stoned people in beach-buggies near Port Alfred on the Natal coast.
beach bum n. [bum n.6] slang an idler or tramp who spends his time on a beach.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer > in specific place
market beaterc1405
market dasher1440
market runner?c1475
benchera1533
bench-whistler1542
bench-babbler1549
Paul's man1616
Paul's-walker1658
benchwarmer1662
round-towner1775
wharf-rat1823
boulevardier1879
sidewalk superintendent1879
bar-loafer1889
stoepsitter1934
beach bum1962
1962 Austral. Women's Weekly 24 Oct. (Suppl.) 3/1 Beach bum, a boy who doesn't work or go to school, just hangs around the beach all day and surfs.
1963 Observer 13 Oct. 15/3 He is the reverse of the popular image of a ‘surfie’ as a beach bum.
1986 Guardian Weekly 21 Sept. 8 If city ordinances can keep the condominiums away they can certainly handle a few beach bums.
beach crab n. any crab of a species living on sea-beaches, esp. Ocepoda arenaria.
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1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Beach crab.
beach cusp n. a cusp of gravel or sand found at intervals of about 20 to 30 feet on a beach.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > beach or foreshore > patches of gravel or sediment on
beach cusp1900
1900 J. C. Branner in Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 8 481 (title) The origin of beach cusps.
1900 Geogr. Jrnl. Dec. 704 The author comes to the conclusion that beach cusps are produced by the interference of two sets of waves of translation on the beach.
1952 F. P. Shepard in Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists XXXVI. 1909 Following common practice, these relatively small features are being referred to as ‘beach cusps’.
beachfront n. chiefly U.S. the sea front beside a beach; frequently used attributively to designate property, etc., located on the sea front or facing a beach.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near coast > [noun] > as resort
seaside1782
Riviera1865
beachfront1921
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [adjective] > class or type of hotel
three-star1879
long-stay1913
beachfront1921
five-star1934
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > located on the sea front
beachfront1921
1921 N.Y. Times 9 Sept. 15/1 It is calculated that £100,000 was spent by the great beach front hotels, business places and visitors.
1931 Atlantic City News 7 Aug. 4/2 The beachfront here..and large tracts of land in the most fertile parts of New Jersey..are all part of the Steelman heritage.
1972 Times 7 Aug. (Jamaica Suppl.) p. vi/3 Luxury hotels stand beside their beach-fronts.
1980 Daily Tel. 14 Jan. 1/8 His beachfront residence in Dar es Salaam.
beach gown n. a bathing-wrap.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > bathing-robe
bathing-robe1924
beach-wrap1927
beach gown1928
beach-robe1952
1928 Sunday Disp. 8 July 16 When getting a bathing suit, don't forget a beach-gown, which is now worn with a monk's hood, on the shore.
beach-grass n. a reedy grass ( Arundo arenaria) growing on the sea-shore.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bent grass, rush, or sedge
sedgec1000
flaga1387
sniddlea1400
bentc1425
helm1640
marram1640
beach-grass1681
spreta1700
bent-grass1777
marsh grass1785
sea-grass1791
sedge-grass1847
sand grass1856
1681 in Rec. of Town (East Hampton, N.Y.) II. 102 Thomas Bee doth..maintaine a sofisient three raile fence one the beach..down so low as any Beach grass groues.
1833 Mass. Statutes 21 Mar. An Act to prevent the Destruction of Beach Grass in the towns of Provincetown and Truro.
1852 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects New Eng. (ed. 2) 50 (note) The advantages to be derived from employing..beach-grass, in fixing the sands of the shore.
beachhead n. (also beach-head) [illogically formed after bridge-head] Military a fortified position of troops landed on a beach; also transferred and figurative.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > strong point or fortified position
bridgehead1760
point d'appui1787
strong point1789
high ground1869
beachhead1940
box1942
airhead1943
1940 in Amer. Speech (1942) 17 122/1 The second theory [of the Germans], to harass communications and airports and beachheads so effectively that landings could be undertaken.
1941 Time 25 Aug. 22/2 Marines..trained in the terrible job of establishing a beach-head.
1944 Times 24 Jan. 4/3 A substantial beachhead was seized. This beachhead has been widened and deepened.
1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. xvi. 176 This commonwealth of immigrants would have become a beachhead of European tradition and democracy in the Levant.
1965 C. Walsh in J. Gibb Light on C.S. Lewis 110 The Screwtape Letters established Lewis's beachhead in America.
beach-man n. (a) one who earns his living on the beach; (b) (see quot. 1867).
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter
latimerc1275
dragoman13..
meanera1387
interpretator?a1475
truchman1485
spokesman1519
interpreter1531
interpret1584
decipherer1587
trenchman1632
linguistera1649
terjiman1682
renderera1691
dubash1698
reader1763
exegesist1831
hermeneutist1836
exegetes1846
elicitor1848
beach-man1867
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > on the shore
shoreman1690
water boy1722
Jack in the water1826
beach-man1867
tidesman1882
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 88 Beach-man, a person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to shipmasters, and assists them in conducting the trade.
1881 Harper's Mag. Sept. 494 The beachmen put their shoulders to the stern and gunwhale.
1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 9 Beach Men, West African surf men and interpreters.
beach-master n. a superior officer appointed to superintend the disembarkation of troops.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officers with other specific functions
Master of the Artillery1512
trench-master1577
supernumerary1644
trench-sergeanta1753
beach-master1874
observation officer1904
censor1914
cipher officer1915
range safety officer1942
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vii. 230 The Beach Master is to take care that..all appliances for disembarking troops..are kept in good order.
beach-pea n. = sea-pea n. at sea n. Compounds 6f.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > vetch > seed or bean of
tarec1330
vetcha1398
beach-pea1884
1884 Harper's Mag. June 103/2 The beach pea is found along the North Shore.
beach-plum n. U.S. a type of plum, Prunus maritima, found in sandy habitats on the Atlantic coast of North America; (also) the edible purple fruit produced by this tree.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > other types of plum
bullacea1375
myxe?1440
prunelloa1450
bullace-fruit1530
wheat-plum1538
wheaten plum1542
pear plum1573
finger plum1577
perdrigon1582
damson plum1584
apple-plum1601
bullace-plum1608
amber plum1629
Christian1629
queen mother1629
cinnamon-plum1664
date1664
Orleans1674
Chickasaw plum1760
blue gage1764
golden drop1772
beach-plum1785
quetsch1839
egg-plum1859
hog plum1863
bladder-plum1869
prune1872
Carlsbad plum1885
apricot plum1893
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > other types of
white plumc1330
bullacea1375
myxe?1440
prunelloa1450
bullace-fruit1530
horse plum1530
plum1530
wheat-plum1538
wheaten plum1542
choke-plum1556
pear plum1573
finger plum1577
scad1577
skeg1601
merchant1602
bullace-plum1608
malacadonian1608
prune plum1613
date plum1626
mussel plum1626
amber plum1629
black plum1629
primordian1629
queen mother1629
winter crack1629
myrobalan1630
Christian1651
Monsieur's plum1658
cinnamon-plum1664
date1664
primordial1664
Orleans1674
mirabelle1706
myrobalan plum1708
Mogul1718
mussel1718
Chickasaw plum1760
blue gage1764
magnum bonum1764
golden drop1772
beach-plum1785
sweet plum1796
winesour1836
wild plum1838
quetsch1839
egg-plum1859
Victoria1860
cherry plum1866
bladder-plum1869
prune1872
sour plum1874
Carlsbad plum1885
horse-jug1886
French plum1939
1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 449 The Beach, or Sea-Side Plumb.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 188 Beach Plumb (Prunus maritima).
1856 J. G. Whittier Ranger x Where the purple beach-plum mellows.
1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 550 Sand-Plum,..a beach-plum. A plum growing on plum-trees whose habitat is sandy beaches.
beach rest n. a chair-back used for sitting against on the beach.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > used on beach
beach rest1881
1881 C. M. Yonge Rev. Nieces 167 I see the invalid lady creep out with her beach-rest.
beach-rock n. a conglomeration of calcareous beach sand cemented by chalk into rock formation, found on coral reefs.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > conglomerate > specific
pinnel1766
grauwacke1794
unguilite1799
greywacke1805
yolky-stone1805
nagelfluh1808
coombe rock1822
pebble bed1849
breccia1856
ceppo1881
banket1886
ouklip1892
crush-conglomerate1893
basal conglomerate1900
calcrete1902
rudite1904
fanglomerate1912
beach-rock1919
1919 R. A. Daly in Carnegie Inst. Year Bk. 192 Cementation of beach sand by calcium carbonate is very common in..tropical seas generally. The product may be called ‘beach-rock’.
1940 Geogr. Jrnl. 95 30 On tropical beaches the sands, or even coarse shingle, are commonly cemented into a hard rock, called beach-rock or conglomerate, by carbonate of lime precipitated from sea-water.
beach-wagon n. a light open wagon, with two or more seats; a station-wagon.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > light
Germantown1766
dearborn1820
cart1823
wagon1837
springboard1857
runabout1863
buck-wagon1864
beach-wagon1869
buckboard1874
tonga1874
buck-cart1884
jutka1886
runabout wagon1886
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > estate car
beach-wagon1869
ranch wagon1879
shooting brake1912
sport utility1925
station wagon1929
carryall1932
sports utility1940
ute1943
utility1944
estate car1950
wagon1955
estate wagon1959
SUV1987
1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. ii. 35 I shall hire a beach-wagon.
1935 H. Nicolson Let. 17 July (1966) 209 There was the beach-wagon going down to the village.
1948 Chicago Tribune 9 May 11. 10/4 Use of the parking facilities is restricted to automobiles, beach wagons, and motor cycles.

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beachgoer n.
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1881 Boston Daily Advertiser 29 Sept. 8/6 The old Floyd house, at Revere, familiar to beach-goers.
1972 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. 87/1 Dr Marceau..praised both beachgoers and boatmen for staying away from the hatching area.
2011 R. W. Brander & J. H. MacMahan in S. Leatherman & J. Fletemeyer Rip Currents i. 23 The ultimate challenge for rip current outreach is to improve beachgoer awareness.

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beach house n.
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1824 Examiner 28 Nov. 765/1 Some houses were however blown down, and many poor cottagers near the beach-house, suffered greatly.
1903 Secret Service 29 May 25/1 At the head of the steps they could see Mike Flannery's old beach house, dark and deserted.
2006 Place in Sun May 19/1 A cool Mexican beach house of vivid pinks and palm-woven walls.

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beach party n.
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1859 N.Y. Herald 25 Aug. 2/3 Picnics, equestrian and beach parties..and terpsichorean soirées form part of the gayeties at Stratford.
1938 Washington Afro-Amer. 10 Sept. 14/4 He..likes to give large beach parties, then take the whole she-bang back to his thatched-roof patio for midnight rum and cokes.
2004 Pride June 19/2 There was beach party after beach party to attend.

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beach resort n.
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1874 Boston Daily Advertiser 27 July The well-understood reasons..in developing these beach resorts.
1970 T. Williams Let. 22 Nov. in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 218 We are spending a few days at this enchanting beach-resort two hours' drive from Bangkok.
2009 D. O'Briain Tickling Eng. xv. 221 The English tour resumed in October with a collection of bonus dates and, to mark the approach of winter, we hit the beach resorts.

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beach towel n.
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1900 Arizona Republican 23 June 3/6 (advt.) Beach Towels. Good quality huckaback linen.
1954 Elem. School Jrnl. 54 383/2 As they threaded, single file, along the crowded walks, each boy with his glamorous beach towel thrown serape-style over his shoulder, they created quite a stir.
2005 S. Amick Lake, River & Other Lake xli. 183 Two big beach towels hung out to dry.

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beach umbrella n.
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1893 St. Paul (Minnesota) Daily News 1 May 4/4 What a bit of artistic effect a girl can make by using a big beach umbrella and a pile of crimson cushions.
1935 ‘E. Queen’ Spanish Cape Myst. iii There were beach umbrellas over saucy round tables in a prevailing motif of Spanish reds and yellows.
2003 Budget Living June 5/1 Eleven fresh finds—from water pistols to beach umbrellas—for 20 clams or less.

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beach book n. colloquial an undemanding novel suitable for holiday reading.
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1977 Colorado Springs Gaz.-Tel. 30 July 12 d Beach books are nothing but escape reading.
2004 J. Denby Billie Morgan xxxii. 255 We're none of us characters in some beach-book thriller where when the victim dies horribly the hero wanders off doing detective stuff and never seems to worry about the money, his job or his family and friends.

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beach break n. chiefly Surfing a type of wave which breaks close to the shore, esp. on to sand; = shore break n. at shore n.1 Compounds 2; (hence) a stretch of coastline where this type of wave occurs.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > types or parts of wave
pounder1927
dumper1933
take-off1935
greeny1940
beach break1954
beacher1956
big kahuna1959
greenback1959
close out1962
curl1962
shore break1962
shoulder1962
soup1962
tube1962
wall1962
face1963
peak1963
pipeline1963
set1963
reef break1965
surfable wave1965
point break1966
green room1968
slide1968
barrel1975
left-hander1980
A-frame1992
1954 Hudson Rev. 7 185 Slammed by the surf on the beach..he lies in abject helplessness Flat on his face like a dog Beside the beach-break.
1962 T. Masters Surfing made Easy 64 Beach break, wave which breaks in close on sandy beaches rather than over reef formations.
1966 Press-Courier (Oxnard, Calif.) 3 Oct. 10/1 He [sc. Nat Young] said wave conditions fit his style—a beach break with slides to the right.
2003 K. Slater & J. Borte Pipe Dreams (2004) vi. 143 In late summer and early fall, the west coast of France gets some of the world's best surf. Perfect beach breaks will sometimes work for weeks on end.

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beach bunny n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) an attractive young woman who frequents the beach, esp. to watch surfing.
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1952 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 22 Aug. 1/2 An amply endowed Montreal maid was selected the most beautiful beach bunny for the second year in a row.
1965 N.Y. Times 22 Aug. vi. 72 He drank excessively, smoked pot, littered the beaches, was a hazard to swimmers, frolicked with beach bunnies and earnestly avoided all forms of work.
2004 ‘J. Jameson’ & N. Strauss How to make Love like Porn Star v. v. 445 I looked like a cartoonish exaggeration of the all-American California blonde... So all night long he introduced me as his beach bunny.

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beach chair n. a chair used on the beach, typically one having a lightweight folding frame and a fabric seat (cf. deckchair n.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > folding chair
beach chair1878
hammock chair1881
deckchair1884
camp-chair1885
Savonarola chair1887
Roorkee chair1905
safari chair1913
picnic chair1920
director's chair1922
Roorkee1936
transat1968
1878 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Mar. 324 Miss Vann, arrayed for the occasion like a Paris fashion-plate, seated herself on a beach-chair.
1959 Economist 14 Mar. 976/2 There are beach chairs and umbrellas by the swimming pool,..a picnic area, barbecue pit, piped-in music.
2003 K. Slater & J. Borte Pipe Dreams (2004) ii. 23 Since my mom wasn't budging from her beach chair, we had to find something to keep ourselves busy.

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beach volleyball n. originally U.S. a form of volleyball played on sand, esp. between teams of two players; (also) the ball used in this game.
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1947 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 14 Sept. b5/1 (heading) Golds to defend beach volleyball title today.
1983 B. Savage Miles from Nowhere xviii. 313 As I listened to Janie talk about beach volleyball, the harbor, Mexican food, and skiing in the Sierras, the old gnawing homesickness began to swell.
1996 Total Sport July 50/2 As one of the few ‘eccentric people’ who take part in beach volleyball, I can assure Brian Johnson that it is a sport, and not a hobby.
2009 T. Pynchon Inherent Vice i. 4 The beach volleyball autographed by Wilt Chamberlain in Day-Glo felt marker.

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beach cruiser n. chiefly U.S. a type of bicycle with large tyres and long handlebars which is ridden in an upright sitting position, frequently associated with surf culture.
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1977 Register (Orange County, Calif.) 16 Jan. e9/3 (advt.) Great beach cruiser spring fork 2 spd. kick back, $195.
1994 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Jan. (Late ed.) vi. 34/1 The service folk assume I am acquainted with..the single-speed beach cruiser with mattress-saddle and longhorn handlebars.
2009 W. P. Jones Waves Crashing xv. 133 They had ridden their beach cruisers to the boardwalk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

beachv.1

Brit. /biːtʃ/, U.S. /bitʃ/
Etymology: < beach n.
transitive. To run or haul (a vessel) up on the beach.
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society > travel > travel by water > grounding of vessel > be aground (by so much) [verb (transitive)] > cause to run aground > deliberately
dock1627
beach1840
shore1899
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxvii. 91 We rowed ashore..beached our boat.
1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason xi. 202 And as the Goddess bade them, there they beached Their sea-beat ship.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† beachv.2

Etymology: perhaps aphetic < abeche v., < Old French abechier , < à to + bec beak n.1; but compare also Old French bechier, becher to peck, strike with the beak, also ‘to give a beakful.’
Obsolete.
transitive. To give a beakful to (a young bird); hence spec. in Falconry, to give part of a meal as a whet to appetite.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > feed hawks
beach1575
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 103 Giue hir washte meate, and beach [printed beade] hir in the morning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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