swash
/swɑʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It is not the direct battering that breaks the dyke, but overtopping, when the flow of water sweeps away the inland face, so swash length is a vital thing to accommodate, and to do that you must make an estimate of the highest possible tides."
- "The first process occurs when swash mixes air and sand, trapping air bubbles just below the beach surface."
- "The swash is made up of the remnants of a breaking wave."
- "According to what you say about the shells, there ought to be a thousand flamingos feeding in this very swash at this instant."
- "Marks northwest junction of main and swash channels."
- "This is defined as a modified ridge or swash bar that develops into a berm on the swash bar's seaward margin (Coastal Research Group, 1969, p. 455)."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /swɑʃ/
- British English: /swɒʃ/