"beachline" meaning in English

See beachline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: beachlines [plural]
Etymology: From beach + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|beach|line}} beach + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} beachline (plural beachlines)
  1. The line between a beach and the water; the shoreline.
    Sense id: en-beachline-en-noun-5pHNhr4f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "beach",
        "3": "line"
      },
      "expansion": "beach + line",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From beach + line.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beachlines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "beachline (plural beachlines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Rolf Olin Peterson, The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance, page 42:",
          "text": "There were avenues through the swamp, old beachlines of Lake Superior dating from earlier times when the lake level was higher.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The line between a beach and the water; the shoreline."
      ],
      "id": "en-beachline-en-noun-5pHNhr4f",
      "links": [
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "beach",
          "beach"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "shoreline",
          "shoreline"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beachline"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "line"
      },
      "expansion": "beach + line",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From beach + line.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beachlines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "beachline (plural beachlines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1995, Rolf Olin Peterson, The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance, page 42:",
          "text": "There were avenues through the swamp, old beachlines of Lake Superior dating from earlier times when the lake level was higher.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The line between a beach and the water; the shoreline."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "beach",
          "beach"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "shoreline",
          "shoreline"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beachline"
}

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