Collocations with beach

beach noun 

ADJECTIVES

crowded 
・In the summer the beaches get very crowded.

quiet 
・The beaches on this side of the island are quieter.

deserted, empty
We took a boat to a deserted beach.

pebble, shingle 
The lake has a small shingle beach.

sandy, rocky 
Corfu is known for its sandy beaches.
They anchored the boat off a rocky beach.

white, golden 
The house was beside a dazzling white beach.

private, public 
The hotel has its own private beach.
The public beaches were very dirty.

secluded 
We had a picnic on a small secluded beach.

unspoilt 
The island is famous for its unspoilt beaches.

palm-fringed 
Palm-fringed beaches border the beautiful blue ocean.

sun-drenched 
We go to Greece for the sea air and the sun-drenched beaches.

nudist, nude 
We soon realized that we were on a nudist beach.

VERBS

lie on 
I find it boring just lying on the beach all day.

go to 
They’ve gone to the beach for the weekend.

walk on, along  
She loved to walk along the beach in the early morning.

BEACH + VERB
stretch
A sandy beach stretches almost the whole length of the coast.

NOUNS

holiday, vacation
She loves beach holidays, while he prefers city breaks.

resort 
This is one of the most popular beach resorts in Greece.

hut 
a row of brightly painted beach huts

house
We stayed at our friends’ beach house for the weekend.

bar, restaurant 
We watched the sun go down from the beach bar.

towel
They spread out beach towels and opened parasols.

volleyball, football 
Who wants a game of beach volleyball?

PREPOSITIONS

at 
They spent the morning at the beach.

on
We've been on the beach all day.

to
Why don’t we go to the beach today?