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beachcombing

beachcombing noun: the lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber. Also the present participle and gerund of beachcomb.

Noun

beachcombing (countable and uncountable, plural beachcombings)

  1. The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
  2. An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.
    • 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
    • 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

Also used as

beachcombing is also the present participle and gerund of beachcomb.

Forms of beachcombing

pluralbeachcombings

Origin of beachcombing

From beach + combing.

Questions about beachcombing

What does beachcombing mean?
Beachcombing means the lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
What part of speech is beachcombing?
Beachcombing is a noun.
What is the plural of beachcombing?
The plural of beachcombing is beachcombings.

Words near beachcombing in the dictionary

  1. beachcast
  2. beachcomb
  3. beachcombed
  4. beachcomber
  5. beachcombers
  6. beachcombing
  7. beachcombings
  8. beachcombs
  9. beached
  10. beached whale
  11. beached whales

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