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beachside

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Etymology

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    From beach + side.

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    beachside (not comparable)

    1. (rare) Bordering a beach
      beachside property
      • 2010, JoAnna Christine Daniels, The Gateway, →ISBN, page 6:
        Very beachside. His mother always had a flair for interior design.
      • 2015, Sean Connolly, Senegal, →ISBN, page 111:
        If you'd rather be beachside than poolside, scuba, surfing and fishing are all easily arranged from here.
      • 2015, Rough Guides, The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches and Islands, →ISBN:
        Among its bungalows, the cheapest are simple wooden affairs well off the beach, while the priciest are beachside, a/c and cottage-like.
      • 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 15 April 2019:
        Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day.
      • 2025 March 6, Rachel Hall, “‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator”, in The Guardian[2], archived from the original on 4 April 2025:
        The video – posted by Trump on his Truth Social account last week – depicts a family emerging from the wreckage of war-torn Gaza into a beachside resort town lined with skyscrapers.

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    Noun

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    beachside (countable and uncountable, plural beachsides)

    1. The land bordering a beach.

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