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beachcombing en · NOUN

Etymology

From beach + combing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.
    • I wandered along, sifting through the Thames' beachcombings. In a patch of sand lay a section of soft pink roof tile some two inches square or so, and witha peg hole. 2013, James Canton, Out of Essex: Re-Imagining a Literary Landscape:
    • The beachcombings – the wood, the metal, the stones – were more than functional, collected and sorted and arranged as things that were lovely in their own right, artefacts. 2019, Beth Lynch, Where the Hornbeam Grows: A Journey in Search of a Garden:

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beachcombing en · VERB

Etymology

From beach + combing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of beachcomb
    form of beachcomb