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“Beach” or “Beech”

beach / beech are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

beach b·IY·ch

  • nounan area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
  • verbland on a beach.

beech b·IY·ch

  • nounany of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions.
  • nounwood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles.
Usage

Examples in context

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“beach”

  • …Documentary (2007) at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Best Global…
  • …and atmosphere of a summer beach party.
  • Category:Long Beach Jam players
  • …Symphonic Sounds: The Music of Beach Boys (1998) - conductor, orchestral
  • …at the University of Illinois.1938 Beach ballA beach ball is an…
  • …a rain storm in Rockaway Beach, Oregon ruined and made his…
  • …he joined the ABA's Long Beach Jam.
  • …the water and onto the beach and beyond.
  • The beach ball was invented in California…
  • …guitarists, from bands like The Beach Boys, started experimenting by playing…

“beech”

  • Cardiff Beech Woods
  • Beech River
  • …are scarlet-stemmed bolete and bitter beech bolete.
  • …in broad-leaved woodland, especially with beech.
  • …descends between closed curves and beech forests.
  • …of trees, is the European beech (Fagus silvatica), oaks (Quercus robur…
  • It has a beech or walnut fore-end and shoulder…
  • They have two Beech 55s and a Cessna C-401A.
  • …mesoregions of north-western Poland, lowland beech woods are universal in Pomeranian…
  • Beech Hill Elementary School

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