Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beachcomber

/ˈbit͡ʃˌkoʊmɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: beach-comber
IPA: /ˈbit͡ʃˌkoʊmɚ/

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.

noun

Any loafer around a waterfront.

noun

A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.

noun

A long rolling wave of the sea.

name

A retreat in Smiths Bay, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.

name

A private island, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.

Example Sentences

"The society of beach-combers always repays the small pains you need be at to enjoy it. They are easy of approach and affable in conversation."
"Now and again a wreck was to be seen, or a vessel left lonely and sad on a reef, her rigging dismantled and only waiting for beachcombers to come and break her up for the sake of her timber and old iron."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach English comber English beachcomber From beach + comber.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbit͡ʃˌkoʊmɚ/

Inflected Forms

beachcombers (plural) beach-comber (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce beachcomber?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbit͡ʃˌkoʊmɚ/.
What does beachcomber mean?: A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
Where does beachcomber come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach English comber English beachcomber From beach + comber.

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