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A beach is the area directly touching a seashore. (noun)

Copocabana and Waikiki are each an example of a beach.

See beach in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a nearly level stretch of pebbles and sand beside a sea, lake, etc., often washed by high water; sandy shore; strand
an area of shore as a place for swimming, sunbathing, etc.

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to ground (a boat) on a beach

See beach in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(bēch)

noun

The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
The sand or pebbles on a shore.
The zone above the water line at a shore of a body of water, marked by an accumulation of sand, stone, or gravel that has been deposited by the tide or waves.

transitive verb beached, beach·ing, beach·es

To run, haul, or bring ashore: beached the rowboat in front of the cabin; hooked a big bluefish but was unable to beach it.
To leave stranded or helpless.

(bēch), Alfred Ely 1826-1896.

American editor and inventor who built a demonstration pneumatic subway under Broadway in New York City in 1870.

, Amy Marcey Cheney 1867-1944.

American pianist and composer best known for her songs and chamber music. Her Mass in E flat major was the first work by a woman to be performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

, Moses Yale 1800-1868.

American publisher whose aggressive journalism established the New York Sun as a leading daily newspaper. He is also credited with publishing the first syndicated news story. His son Moses Sperry Beach (1822-1892) invented a cutting device that allowed printing on a continuous roll of paper and a process for printing both sides of a newspaper sheet at one time.

, Sylvia Woodbridge 1887-1962.

American bookseller. From 1919 to 1941 her shop in Paris, Shakespeare and Company, was a gathering place for authors such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald. She published the first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses in 1922.

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