A towel for use at the beach, typically larger than a normal household towel so that a person can use it to lie on the sand.

plural of borax bead test

A surname. / (as 'the Bear') Ursa Major.

Alternative form of shoebeam

(simile) Very irritable; bad-tempered.

(aviation, chiefly US) a rotating location light installed at an airport, allowing the type of airport to be determined by the color and speed of the rotation.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see be, name, later. / Something of very uncertain value. / Something of very low value.

(humorous) Said as a mild admonishment to somebody who is always late for things.

(transitive) To beat up (a person) severely. / (transitive, figuratively) To defeat severely.

The artificial replenishment of sand washed away from a beach by coastal erosion