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The definition of a beach is the area directly touching a seashore.
(noun)Copocabana and Waikiki are each an example of a beach.
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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.
Origin: E dial., orig., pebbles, shingle < ?
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to ground (a boat) on a beach
See beach in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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.
- 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.
Origin:
Origin: Perhaps Middle English beche, stream
Origin: , from Old English bece
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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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