Beach vs. Strand

Beach vs. Strand — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Beach and Strand

Beachnoun

The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

Strandnoun

Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.

Beachnoun

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

Strandnoun

A string.

Beachnoun

The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.

Strandnoun

An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

strand of spaghettistrand of hair.
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Beachverb

(intransitive) To run aground on a beach.

Strandnoun

(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.

Beachverb

(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.

Strandnoun

(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.

Beachverb

(of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.

Strandnoun

(figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.

strand of truth
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Beachnoun

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

Strandnoun

(genetics) A nucleotide chain.

Beachverb

land on a beach;

the ship beached near the port

Strandverb

(transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).

Strandverb

(transitive) To form by uniting strands.

Strandnoun

a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole;

he tried to pick up the strands of his former lifeI could hear several melodic strands simultaneously

Strandnoun

line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

Strandnoun

a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

a string of beadsa strand of pearls

Strandnoun

a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Strandnoun

a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

Strandnoun

a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

Strandverb

leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;

the travellers were marooned