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Definition of 'beach'

noun

An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

verb

Land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"

From: GCIDE

Beach \Beach\ (b[=e]ch), 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 Orchestid[ae], 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]

From: GCIDE

Beach \Beach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beached (b[=e]cht); 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]

Name :

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.