"beach head" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beach heads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} beach head (plural beach heads)
  1. Alternative spelling of beachhead. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: beachhead
    Sense id: en-beach_head-en-noun-dBdgh9Gm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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