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Word entry · 5 letters

beach

Best crossword clue

"Place for a towel"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abcehStarts with BEnds with H11 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Sandy or pebbly shore by water.

Word origin

From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“flowing water”).

Used in a sentence

  • Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.
  • I never realised Lincoln was a seaside town. BRIAN LAWS Scunthorpe manager, after losing on a liberally sanded beach of a pitch
  • The series was brought to an ironic conclusion when England became hoist by their own petard, as they lost the deciding final Test on a 'beach' of a wicket. Neither side batted well.

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Used as a crossword answer11 curated clues

01Place for a towel5 letters
02Place for sandcastles5 letters
03Sand by the sea5 letters
04Sandy coast5 letters
05Sandy vacation spot5 letters
06Sandy waterfront5 letters
07Seaside stretch5 letters
08Shore with sand5 letters

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