Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having an extensive gently sloping area of sand or gravel; -- of a shore or shoreline. Opposite of
cliffy .
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- adjective Resembling a
beach or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In this meandering section of the narrow canyon, silt residue from the most recent flood coats the walls to a height of twelve feet above the beachlike floor, and decades of scour marks overlay the rosy and purplish striations of exposed rock.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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In this meandering section of the narrow canyon, silt residue from the most recent flood coats the walls to a height of twelve feet above the beachlike floor, and decades of scour marks overlay the rosy and purplish striations of exposed rock.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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In this meandering section of the narrow canyon, silt residue from the most recent flood coats the walls to a height of twelve feet above the beachlike floor, and decades of scour marks overlay the rosy and purplish striations of exposed rock.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Aron Ralston 2004
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In this meandering section of the narrow canyon, silt residue from the most recent flood coats the walls to a height of twelve feet above the beachlike floor, and decades of scour marks overlay the rosy and purplish striations of exposed rock.
127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004
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Hair: Loose beachlike waves were curled into the model's hair and then pinned loosely to create a look that's carefree but refined.
The Seattle Times 2011
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These four provocative wine books will no doubt inspire beachlike thirsts.
NYT > Home Page By ERIC ASIMOV 2011
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Stealthily, in utter silence, they advance from three sides onto a beachlike peninsula just past Kaktovik’s gravel airstrip.
The Edge of Extinction Shnayerson, Michael 2008
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