I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a beach bag (= to take to the beach )
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I bought a big striped beach bag.
a beach ball (= a large light ball used on the beach )
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Dad, will you blow up the beach ball?
a beached/stranded whale (= one that is stuck on land )
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The beached whales are quite obviously very distressed.
a seaside/beach resort
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We stayed in a relaxed beach resort on the east coast.
bath/beach/kitchen towel
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She dried her hands on the kitchen towel.
beach ball
beach chair
beach umbrella
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I spent the day on the beach, lying under a beach umbrella , reading.
nude beach (= a beach where people wear no clothes )
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I have no desire to go to a nude beach .
secluded garden/spot/beach etc
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We sunbathed on a small secluded beach.
shingle beach
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a shingle beach
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
beautiful
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A beautiful hippie beach is Arambol, right in the north of the state.
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Their destinations are often countries which have excellent weather, beautiful beaches and scenery and abundant wildlife, but few other resources.
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Neckar had four beautiful beaches , abundant vegetation and wildlife - but no fresh water supply.
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She had stood out in the crowd even amongst the beautiful beach children of San Francisco.
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I came back to the beautiful beach house from shopping.
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It was an almost empty theatre in Long Beach, Long Island, a tourist spot with a boardwalk and beautiful beaches .
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It was a beautiful beach , and Breeze's fingers itched for a paintbrush.
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The blissfully peaceful hotels we have selected are all on Mahe Island and well situated for the beautiful beaches .
golden
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Lefkas has golden sandy beaches , mountainous scenery and lush vegetation.
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Why the desert, when you could be strolling along the golden beaches of California?
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From Mount Ampenan, and over the rocky coastline and long golden beaches is a sight to behold.
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There are narrow, golden beaches and beautiful countryside for the day and cafés and restaurants and some discotheques for the night.
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How could she find this scene so enchanting after her years on the golden beaches of California?
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Lush valleys, reddish-brown canyons and golden sandy beaches make this island a vision to behold.
long
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A gentle stroll through the gardens led down to the beautiful long , wide beach .
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Starting early in the morning-you know, all day long , a beach party!
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By day the general atmosphere is tranquil, dreamy and unspoilt with long , sandy beaches and clear waters.
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This village is noted for the amount of sun it receives and for its long pebble beach .
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The cliffs soon give way to miles of long sandy beaches .
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Douglas, the capital, is a busy town by island standards with a long beach and traditional Victorian promenade.
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One of its buildings is actually right next to the fabulous long sandy beach .
nude
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There are also sanctioned nude beaches and unsanctioned beaches, where you go buff at your own risk.
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Martinique, she thought, what the heck, why not give the nude beach a try?
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No I have not been to the nude beach .
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You should come over to the nude beach .
private
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Guy Sterne's magnificent villa stood alone, on its own private crescent of beach .
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A gate leads to a private beach .
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There is a lush tropical garden, swimming pool and a small private beach .
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Your private beach Enjoy a cool aperitif Can you think of anywhere better for breakfast?
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Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach .
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Every morning she sunbathed naked on her private beach , although the water was still too cold for swimming.
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Before me lay a deep gulley choked with oleanders and thorny scrub, which descended precipitously down to the private beach .
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Through the cool and shady pine trees, there is a private beach with bar.
sandy
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You can hear the faint roar of the breakers on its empty sandy beaches .
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Finally the sea encroached on this topography producing steep cliffs, inlets, sea stacks and sandy or shingly beach deposits.
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Iowa may not have sandy beaches , but it does have blacktop.
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Lytham St Annes, a short distance to the south, has sandy beaches and several excellent golf courses.
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The beach there is stony; the sandy beach is two blocks to the north.
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The sandy beach stretches for over four miles and is very popular with watersports enthusiasts.
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Above the bed was a painting of a sunset over waves crashing on a visually impossible sandy beach .
small
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There is a lush tropical garden, swimming pool and a small private beach .
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On the mainland, the small beaches were faintly visible, the surf like a tiny ruffle of white lace.
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There is a small beach nearby and all the excitement of Bodrum by night is on the doorstep.
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I had a small beach searchlight but was not allowed to switch it on at night.
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I nosed the boat through one, to discover a small sandy beach .
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We picnicked one day on a small secluded beach and, after, lay sunbathing on the hot sand.
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For sunbathing guests can use a small beach 10 minutes walk away.
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Garda has small beaches just outside town.
white
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Close by are 70 miles of white , sandy beaches - the kind that inspired the Beach Boys.
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I can almost feel the blazing sun, the blinding white beaches , although they are not in the picture.
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Behind it the water looked tantalisingly calm with a gorgeous white sand beach fringed with coconut palms.
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In dOing 80, he had crossed an invisible line that separated the white and black beaches .
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Quickly rising in popularity due to its magnificent white sand beach , Kuantan is one of the east coast's finest resorts.
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The spray ran white on the beach below me.
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In fact, yachts are much in evidence in Formentera especially off the glorious white beach of Illetas.
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Vast stretches of white sandy beaches , most of them empty of people, fringed by coconut palms and mangroves.
■ NOUN
ball
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Prop yourself up on your elbows and place a beach ball between your knees.
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A beach ball fell from the overhead luggage-tray.
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Place the beach ball on to your left leg inner thigh and raise you leg.
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Arthur Smith, once a slender man, now was slender still except for the beach ball he sported under his shirt.
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Sitting crossed legged place the beach ball between your elbows at shoulder level and squeeze 20 times. 9.
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Well, the example reminds me distinctly of a beach ball seen end-on.
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Eventually that contest was supplanted by a wonderfully violent game played in the same small space, but with a beach ball .
house
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The beach house was huge, well-lit, secluded from the road by lush plants and trees.
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Huong would also rent you a ski or paint your beach house .
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They stayed at a friend's beach house and enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion.
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He sailed past the President's beach house before coming over on to the other track.
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Naturally, that something less than attractive fringe also found its way to the beach house .
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I came back to the beautiful beach house from shopping.
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Trent spied the President and his granddaughter on the end of the dock below the President's beach house .
resort
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Days 10-15 Mombasa 5 days in the glorious beach resort of Mombasa in the hotel of your choice.
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El Salvador has only one major beach resort .
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Days 12-15 Mombasa At leisure in your beach resort .
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From a tough neighbourhood, they spend their first summer playing a rich beach resort club.
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We stayed in the relaxed beach resort on the east coast of the island called Kamari.
sand
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Behind it the water looked tantalisingly calm with a gorgeous white sand beach fringed with coconut palms.
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The shoreline was black gravel, occasionally interrupted by a sand beach .
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Swimming is also available at the Lido, where there is a large sand beach , and at the swimming pool.
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Quickly rising in popularity due to its magnificent white sand beach , Kuantan is one of the east coast's finest resorts.
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There is a pier, a busy soft sand beach and some beautiful public gardens.
shingle
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The place fascinated me - narrow country roads, little lost villages, great shingle beaches and lonely salt marshes.
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The concealed flakes must have reminded him of hunting for food on a shingle beach .
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Taking courage in both hands, I began to steer the fish towards the shingle beach .
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On the shingle beach , where the burnet rose grows, ringed plovers incubate eggs in shallow scrapes.
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There is a shingle beach in the town, with bathing facilities.
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The tide was high, he could hear the sound of waves on the shingle beach .
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Bardolino is just five minutes by local bus from Garda and the shingle beaches are a ten minute walk from the village.
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Colourful parasols dot its fine shingle beach and, inland, rolling rural landscapes await those who like to explore.
■ VERB
go
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One night, without notice, he was told to go to a beach at Oued Laou, just across from Tarifa.
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So he cries and he goes back to the beach .
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We all went to the beach , but it was another few weeks before I got her back to my house.
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I had a horse who loved going on the beach and in the sea at Weston-Super-Mare but hated puddles and tiny streams.
lie
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Sun for Sail Bored with lying on a beach ?
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The next thing I knew, it was dark and I was lying in the beach cold and sick and sore.
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Elena Fonti lay on the beach soaking up the sun.
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I think they thought they would find the treasure lying around on the beach !
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We lie on the beach , jamming with the world.
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We danced, we drank, we lay on the beach telling stories.
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When he woke he was on dry land, lying on a beach .
run
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Fighting against the wind we ran along the beach and watched a steel grey North Sea crashing in.
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I parked off the road and ran to the beach area.
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I ran around the beach looking for the perfect stone.
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Large breakers thundered in through a line of rocks, running ashore on to a beach of coarse shingle.
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You just want to tuck the board under your arm, run down the beach , paddle out and have fun.
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We got tired, and sunburnt as we ran over the beach stones without shoes.
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It's becoming more free - more location work and running along beaches .
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The spray ran white on the beach below me.
walk
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As soon as I walked on to the beach behind the resort where I was staying, I realised its potential.
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We talked as we walked the beach and peeked at the funky houseboats along the waterfront.
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She walks back along the beach .
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Jay walked down to the beach .
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There won't be any fun in walking on the beach unless you enjoy doing battle with the storm.
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He walked as far as the beaches and along the deserted sea front.
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I get nervous when I walk on the beach .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
beach/ski etc bum
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Parke Puterbaugh and Alan Bisbort are beach bums and proud of it.
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You envision a California beach bum .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By nine o'clock the beach was already crowded with people.
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Let's go to the beach tomorrow.
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The area has miles of unspoiled sandy beaches..
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We sat there watching the waves breaking on the beach .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lavish breakfast buffet, included in the room rate, is served on a patio overlooking the beach .
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Bring a lawn chair or beach chair for comfortable seating, and leave the alcoholic beverages at home.
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High tide is often positively dangerous, with vicious dumping waves breaking on the steep slope of the upper beach .
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Lagoons, creeks, islands, coves and deserted sandy beaches abound.
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Lucy envies a young couple she sees on the beach , imagining the passionate love they will make.
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Rip A strong current, commonly experienced on surf beaches.
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The beach there is stony; the sandy beach is two blocks to the north.
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Your private beach Enjoy a cool aperitif Can you think of anywhere better for breakfast?
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But her fears were groundless: the generation gap in this instance had him beached on a far shore.
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Others were deliberately beached by crews that knew they had no chance to reach harbor.
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We beach briefly to relieve the pain in our nether portions!