[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

beach \beach\ b=ech, n.; pl. beaches -e^z. cf. sw.
   backe hill, dan. bakke, icel. bakki hill, bank. cf. bank.
   1. pebbles, collectively; shingle.
      1913 webster

   2. the shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the
      waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
      1913 webster

   beach flea zool., the common name of many species of
      amphipod crustacea, of the family orchestidae, living
      on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas.

   beach grass bot., a coarse grass ammophila
      arundinacea, growing on the sandy shores of lakes and
      seas, which, by its interlaced running rootstocks, binds
      the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the
      waves.

   beach wagon, a light open wagon with two or more seats.

   raised beach, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel,
      sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of
      wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the
      coast, as in norway, or left by the receding waters, as in
      many lake and river regions.
      1913 webster
see also:
beaches bank beach flea orchestidae beach grass ammophila arundinacea 
beach wagon raised beach 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

beach \beach\, v. t. imp.  p. p. beached b=echt; p. pr.
    vb. n. beaching.
   to run or drive as a vessel or a boat upon a beach; to
   strand; as, to beach a ship.
   1913 webster
see also:
beached beaching 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

beach
     n : an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
     v : land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 moby thesaurus words for "beach":
   bank, berm, careen, cast away, coast, coastland, coastline,
   embankment, foreshore, ground, ironbound coast, lido, littoral,
   margin, pile up, plage, playa, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast,
   run aground, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard,
   seacliff, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shingle, shipwreck, shore,
   shoreline, strand, submerged coast, take the ground, tidewater,
   waterfront, waterside, wreck

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

beach. the sea shore. q. v. 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

beach, nd city, fips 5420
  location: 46.91389 n, 104.00773 w
  population 1990: 1205 614 housing units
  area: 4.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 58621

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

beach, nd -- u.s. city in north dakota
   population 2000:    1116
   housing units 2000: 570
   land area 2000:     1.828545 sq. miles 4.735909 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.828545 sq. miles 4.735909 sq. km
   fips code:            05420
   located within:       north dakota nd, fips 38
   location:             46.915774 n, 104.004450 w
   zip codes 1990:     58621
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    beach, nd
    beach

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