{
    "term": "beach",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/co/coast.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an area of sand or small stones (called shingle), next to the sea or a lake",
            "sensetop": "on the beachto the beachat the beach",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "tourists sunbathing on the beach",
                    "contextForm": "on the beach"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He decided to go to the beach for a swim.",
                    "contextForm": "to the beach"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She often spent summer days at the beach.",
                    "contextForm": "at the beach"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **sandy beach**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pebble/shingle beach"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a beach bar"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We rented an airy apartment at a beach resort."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He walked along the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She took the kids to the beach for the day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lay on the beach and read her book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We could see tourists sunbathing on the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They met at the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sat on a grassy hill overlooking the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are miles of beautiful sandy beaches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The resort has a beautiful golden beach stretching for miles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The island group has over 230 miles of pristine tropical beaches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To the south is West Bay, a small port with a shingle beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They met in a beach bar."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays", "Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "fine", "lovely"],
                "verb + beach": ["overlook"],
                "beach + verb": ["stretch"],
                "beach + noun": ["towel", "umbrella", "house"],
                "preposition": ["along a/​the beach", "at a/​the beach", "on a/​the beach"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/biːtʃ/",
                "audio": "be/beach/beach__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/biːtʃ/",
                "audio": "be/beach/beach__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (denoting shingle on the seashore): perhaps related to Old English bæce, bece ‘brook’ (an element that survives in place names such as Wisbech and Sandbach), assuming an intermediate sense ‘pebbly river valley’."
}