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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... Read more |
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beach rock
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patella beach
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Sylvia Beach
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys American rock group For the Record<... Read more |
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Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach, California/USA Lagonas Founded in 1887 and named after two lagoons nearby (in Spanish, laguna); it was renamed in 1904.... Read more |
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beach grass
beach grass or marram grass , any species of the genus Ammophila, perennial grasses used to control the shifting of sand dunes, thereby protecting sandy coastal areas. The European beach grass ( A. arenaria ) has been used to hold dunes in Europe and was early planted at Cape Cod to bind the... Read more |
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Long Beach
LONG BEACH LONG BEACH. Located in the southern portion of Los Angeles County, the 2000 census placed Long Beach's population at 461,522, making it the fifth largest city in California. Long famous as a tourist destination, the city has also become an important commercial hub, with the port of... Read more |
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Delray Beach
Delray Beach resort city (1990 pop. 47,181), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled 1895, inc. 1911. Mostly residential, Delray Beach is also the trade center for a citrus-fruit and vegetable-growing region. The city's vast flower farms are noted for chrysanthemums and gladiolas.... Read more |
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Palm Beach
Palm Beach town (1990 pop. 9,814), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on a barrier beach between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Worth (a lagoon); inc. 1911. It is a well-known resort of the wealthy, with many fine estates, luxurious hotels, and yachting facilities. In the winter its population expands to much... Read more |
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beaches
beaches Beaches consist of accumulations...shoreline. The form of a beach is largely controlled by...water tends to sink into the beach and hence there is little...In contrast, on sandy beaches percolation is limited... |
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Beach, Sylvia
Beach, Sylvia (1887–1962), bookseller. An expatriate, she kept a bookshop at No. 12 Rue de l'Odéon, Paris, known as Shakespeare & Co. Beach was encouraging and generous to new writers of all nationalities throughout... |
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Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach City on the Atlantic Ocean, se Virginia. Site of the Cape Henry Memorial...brick house in the USA, it is a rapidly expanding tourist centre with good beaches and recreational facilities. Its economy is helped by market gardening... |
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BEACH LA MAR
BEACH LA MAR. Also Sandalwood English. An English-based contact language used from the 1840s in parts of the New Hebrides (now VANUATU... |
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Beach, Joseph Warren
Beach, Joseph Warren (1880–1957), professor of English at the University of Minnesota and literary critic, whose works include... |
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Beach, Lewis
Beach, Lewis. See Goose Hangs High, The. |
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beach
beach Sloping zone of the shore, covered by sediment, sand, or pebbles, that extends from the low-water line to the limit of the highest storm waves. The sediment is derived from coastal erosion or river alluvium. |
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Beach, Rex (Ellingwood)
Beach, Rex [Ellingwood] (1877–1949), Michigan novelist, spent several years in the Klondike and wrote a number of novels concerned... |
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Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983), a play in two acts by Neil Simon. [Alvin Theatre, 1,299 perf.; NYDCC Award.] Eugene Jerome ( Matthew... |
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‘on the beach’
‘on the beach’, said of seamen who have retired from sea service. See also ‘swallow the anchor, to’. |
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beach cusp
beach cusp One of a series of regularly spaced...shaped structures forming local relief along a beach. The horns or ‘headlands’ of the cusp...sand or gravel, and point seaward down the beach. The intervening troughs or ‘bays’ are... |
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Gold Beach
Gold Beach one of the five beaches targeted for the D-Day Landing at Normandy, and one of the two under British control. It is east of Omaha Beach, near Arromanches. See also Sword Beach. |
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beach drift
beach drift The zig-zag progression of sand and other debris along a beach. Particles are driven obliquely up a beach by the swash and are then returned down the steepest gradient of the beach by the backwash. The combination of these two movements... |
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beach
beach / bēch/ • n. a pebbly or sandy shore, esp...tr.] run or haul up (a boat or ship) onto a beach: at the water's edge a rowboat was beached [intr.] crews would not beach for fear of damaging craft. ∎ [often as adj... |
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Utah Beach
Utah Beach one of the five beaches targeted for landing in the D-Day operation...under U.S. control. It was the westernmost beach, on the eastern shore of the base of the Cotentin...ashore in a less defended area. See also Omaha Beach. |
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raised beach
raised beach A former beach that is now above the level of the present shoreline as a result of earth movement or of a general fall in sea level. Such beaches are frequently described and correlated in terms of height above present sea level. |
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Juno Beach
Juno Beach one of the five beaches along the Normandy coast of France that were invaded as part of...a push eastward toward Nazi Germany. Of the five code-named beaches (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword), all were taken easily... |
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New Smyrna Beach
New Smyrna Beach, Florida/USA Caparaco, Atocuimi Originally a Native American village, the Spanish...now Izmir), of Turnbull's wife. Only in 1937, in recognition of the sandy beach here, was ‘Beach’ added to the name. |
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Sword Beach
Sword Beach the easternmost of the five beaches targeted for the D-Day landing at Normandy, and one of the two under British control. The troops landing there failed to take nearby Caen as soon as expected but succeeded in landing 29,000 men. See also Gold Beach. |
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beach rock
beach rock A cemented beach sand deposit that develops within the intertidal zone by the precipitation of needle-like crystals of aragonite in the pore space between the grains. The cementation process is relatively rapid, taking as little as... |
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beach
beach • noun a sandy beach synonyms: seaside, seashore, shore, coast, waterfront, lakeshore, coastline, coastal region, littoral, seaboard, foreshore, water's edge; sands; literary strand. • verb they beached the boat synonyms: land, ground, strand... |
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aegis
aegis • noun they had wrongly assumed that Lincoln Beach fell under the aegis of the Parks Departmentsynonyms: protection, backing, support, patronage, sponsorship, charge, care, guidance... |
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day
day • noun 1. I stayed for a day synonyms: a twenty-four-hour period, twenty-four hours. 2. enjoy the beach during the day synonyms: daytime, daylight; waking hours.antonym: night. 3. the leading architect of the day synonyms: period... |
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gather
...implies bringing widely scattered things or people to one place but with no particular arrangement (to gather shells at the beach; to gather the family in the living room). Collect, on the other hand, implies both selectivity (to collect evidence for... |
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light
...some light on this problemsynonyms: explain, elucidate, clarify, clear up, interpret. out like a light after a day at the beach, these kids will be out like a light by eight o'clocksynonyms: asleep, unconscious, comatose; informal out cold, dead... |
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resolve
...into their legal categories synonyms: analyze, dissect, break down, categorize. 6. the gray smudge resolved into a sandy beach synonyms: turn, change, be transformed, be converted. • noun 1. their intimidation merely strengthened his resolve... |
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sand
sand • noun she ran across the sand synonyms: beach, sands, shore, seashore; (sand) dunes; literary strand. |
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journey
...of travel to a particular place, usually for a specific purpose, there is a big difference between a jaunt to the nearest beach and an expedition to the rainforest. While a trip may be either long or short, for business or pleasure, and taken at either... |
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loaf
loaf • verb he was just loafing all day at the beach synonyms: laze, lounge, loll, idle, waste time; informal hang around, bum around, futz around. |
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path
path • noun 1. a path down to the beach synonyms: trail, pathway, walkway, track, footpath, trackway, bridleway, bridle path, portage trail, lane, alley, alleyway... |
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Beach Tennis USA and EVP Tour Team Up to Change the Face of Beach Sports.
...has been proud to host the Beach Tennis USA National Championships," said Long Beach City Manager Charles T. Theofan...the metropolitan area to our beaches, and help support our business...re delighted to welcome Beach Tennis USA to the City again... |
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Clean Beach Council Releases Annual List of Clean and Healthy Beaches...
...weekend, the biggest beach-going weekend...year. This year beaches in twenty states...become certified, beaches adhere to best...water quality, beach and intertidal...2009 BLUE WAVE BEACHES American Samoa Ofu Beach, National ... |
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ALYS BEACH JOINS BEACHES OF SOUTH WALTON
...Blue Wave" by the Clean Beaches Council. Alys Beach was selected for inclusion...said Jason Comer, Alys Beach's Town Founder. "Beaches of South Walton has an...Seascape and Miramar Beach. A special Beaches of South Walton ... |
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Dr. Beach: NY's Southampton beach tops list
...included Siesta Beach in Sarasota and...his list of best beaches. He said Cape...country's No. 1 beach usually brings...Main and Coopers beaches have been recognized...very close to the beach. There are some beaches where ... |
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Beaches in California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York,...
...this upcoming summer beach season. Through...Campaign, the Clean Beaches Council certifies...plan to visit a beach. America's top tourist destination, beaches generate more than...Seashore N. Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook National Seashore Lot ... |
 "The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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Beach Access Is What's Eroding at Some New Jersey Shore Resorts.
...continues to monitor beach access. "What some...create private little beaches for themselves...the privately owned beaches. Gage said his town's beach fees, high compared...competitive" with beaches in Ocean and Monmouth... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Beach rights: a question of access Common barrier in this region is lack of...
...Revere's historic beach, parking space...inconsistent. Some beaches have free parking...can charge for beach parking. However...District Commission beaches are free except...eight private beaches north of Boston. The West ... |
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Beach residents tussle over turf Move to oust trespassers, uphold deed rights...
...water mark. The 1991 Beach Access Law opened private beaches to the public by allowing...to walk across private beach property between the high...people crossing their beach property to reach the public beaches. "We have always allowed... |
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Beach bound: according to Dr. Beach, our coastlines are in jeopardy.(American...
...affectionately as "Dr. Beach" by his colleagues...quality of hundreds of beaches throughout the United...a self-developed "Beach Rating Questionnaire...sometimes having that very beach end up on his best beaches list can result in a... |
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Beach Tennis Invades West Coast.
...Sand NEW YORK, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Beach Tennis USA, the organization that launched the sport of beach tennis in North America last year, will...first tournament, April 8-9, while Long Beach has been chosen as the site for Beach Tennis... |
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