| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Beach drift | Mining | 1: 1. The process by which swash and backwash move sediments along a beach face. 2. The sediments so moved. Beach drift typically consists of sand, gravel, shell fragments, and pebbles. See also longshore drift. (references) | |
| 2: The movement of material along the shore by the action of the uprush and backwash of waves breaking at an angle with the shore. Syn: longshore drift. (references) | |||
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