Ocean vs. Beach

Oceannoun

(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

Oceannoun

(uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.

Oceannoun

(figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.

Oceannoun

The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; - called also the sea, or great sea.

Oceannoun

One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.

Oceannoun

An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.

Oceanadjective

Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.

Oceannoun

a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

Oceannoun

anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

Ocean

The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water which covers approximately 71% of the surface of the Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. Another definition is .

Beachnoun

The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

Beachnoun

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

Beachnoun

The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.

Beachverb

(intransitive) To run aground on a beach.

Beachverb

(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.

Beachverb

(of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.

Beachnoun

Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

Beachnoun

The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.

Beachverb

To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.

Beachnoun

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

Beachverb

land on a beach;

Beachnoun

a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks

Beachverb

run or haul up (a boat or ship) on to a beach

Beachverb

(of an angler) land (a fish) on a beach

Beachverb

(of a whale or similar animal) become stranded out of the water

Beachverb

leave (someone) at a loss

Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.