beach

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. shore, coast[line]; strand, sands, shingle. —v. ground, run aground or ashore, strand, hit the beach (inf.). See navigation, land.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The edge of the water]

Syn. shore, strand, shingle, bank; see shore .

2. [A waterside resort]

Syn. shore, seashore, bathing beach, boardwalk, seaside, lakefront, watering place, the sea, the ocean, the lake, the sands, the coast, lido, plage (French), playa (Spanish).

See Synonym Study at shore .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

shore, strand, coast, seaside, littoral.

WORD FIND

• arm of land connecting two land masses: isthmus, tombolo

• channel, small: rill

• cross-current swimming hazard: riptide

• debris, cargo washed ashore from lost ship: flotsam and jetsam

• embankment or headland: bluff, promontory

• harbor-protecting structure extending into water: jetty

• ledge or shelf of sand deposited by sea over time: berm

• marine vegetation washed ashore: wrack

• mineral in beach sand: garnet, feldspar, quartz

• narrow arm of land extending into water: spit

• pillowlike object, egg-casing of skate: mermaid’s purse

• receding tide: ebb tide

• ridge of coral or rock skirting shore: barrier reef

• ripples in sand left by swash: swashmarks

• sand bar connecting two land masses: tombolo

• sea spray: spindrift

• shells: abalone, baby bonnet, clam, cockle, conch, cone, cowrie, horn, limpet, mussel, nautilus, oyster, periwinkle, razor,scallop, triton, wentletrap

• shelter/bathhouse: cabana

• small beach between two cliffs: pocket beach

• small rock island at head of promontory: stack

• waves: plunger, spiller, comber, train, graybeards, eagre, tidal bore

• wave’s shallow sweep up beach: swash

see ocean, wave