Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Enough to fill a
beach .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
beach + -ful
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word beachful.
Examples
-
Avalon's inadequate twin moons would smile on a beachful of frolicking spacefarers.
The Legacy of Heorot Niven, Larry 1987
-
Street police; and the Hospital doctor, bounding over a beachful of shattered, scattered waves, stood, out of breath, beside the Lady of
Stories of Childhood Various 1885
-
TIME's review of the film gave a hint of the filmmakers' dialectical scheme: "After ogling a beachful of bikinied bosoms, the camera cuts abruptly to a woman in New Guinea nonchalantly nursing a small, bristly pig, cuts again to a nearby village, where screaming hogs are being clubbed to death by natives in preparation for a barbecue."
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.