Noun

Singular beach

Plural beaches

beach (plural beaches)

1. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

   1988: “Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.” - Second Son, Robert Ferro

Synonyms

• (horizontal strip of land adjoining water): cove, sand, strand, surf

Antonyms

• depths

Verb

Infinitive to beach

Third person singular beaches

Simple past beached

Past participle beached

Present participle beaching

to beach (third-person singular simple present beaches, present participle beaching, simple past and past participle beached)

1. To run (something) aground on a beach.

Synonyms

• strand

Derived terms

• unbeached

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea or lake. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, waves or cobblestones. The particles of which the beach is composed can sometimes instead have biological origins, such as shell fragments or coralline algae fragments.

Wild beaches are beaches which do not have lifeguards or trappings of modernity nearby, such as resorts and hotels. They are sometimes called undeclared, undeveloped, undefined, or undiscovered beaches. Wild beaches can be valued for their untouched beauty and preserved nature. They are most commonly found in less developed areas such as Puerto Rico, Thailand or Indonesia.

Beaches often occur along coastal areas where wave or current action deposits and reworks sediments.