beach-comber

beach-comb·er

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [beech koh-mer]
- /bitʃ ˈkoʊ mər/
- /biːtʃ ˈkəʊ.mər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [beech koh-mer]
- /bitʃ ˈkoʊ mər/

Definitions of beach-comber word

noun beach-comber a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches. 1
noun beach-comber a vagrant who lives on the seashore, especially a nonnative person living in such a way on a South Pacific island. 1
noun beach-comber a long wave rolling in from the ocean onto the beach. 1

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Origin of beach-comber

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40; beach + comber

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Parts of speech for Beach-comber

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Beach-comber

beach-comber popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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