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How to spell beach

Beach is spelled B-E-A-C-H.

What it means: A sandy area by the water.

In a sentence: We built a big sandcastle at the beach. ▶

Same family: beaches, beachfront, beachside, beachwear. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Beach” comes from Middle English and may be related to an Old English word for ‘pebbles’ or ‘shingle.’ Over time, its meaning shifted to the sandy or pebbly shore along a sea, river, or lake.

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