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[ beech -hed ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbitʃˌhɛd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun the area that is the first objective of a military force landing on an enemy shore.
a secure initial position that has been gained and can be used for further advancement; foothold: The company has won a beachhead in the personal computer market.
Origin of beachhead First recorded in 1935–40; beach + head
Words nearby beachhead beach face, beach flea, beachfront, beach goldenrod, beach grass, beachhead , Beach-la-Mar, beachmaster, beach pea, beach plum, beach ridge
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Example sentences from the Web for beachhead Nor are attempts at establishing a Randian beachhead in the curriculum entirely new.
Make Them Read Rand! A Scheme in Idaho to Put Objectivism in Schools | Michael Moynihan| February 8, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Now, having secured the beachhead , he has to hold it and even advance.
Michael Tomasky: Obama’s High-Stakes Gamble on Gay Marriage | Michael Tomasky| May 10, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Rather, he argued, “this is a case where it ought to be easy to establish a beachhead [and] say that coercion matters.”
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Newt was there at the beachhead at the beginning of all of this [in the 1980] Reagan Revolution.
Florida Gets Ugly | Lois Romano| January 30, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Limp and trembling, she clung to my neck as we sprinted past the beachhead fray.
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And when they were over, the new masters had established their first beachhead in the new System.
A Gift For Terra | Fox B. Holden
"But, it was only a beachhead , and had been only intended as such—" The pictures broke off; the unspoken words resumed.
A Gift For Terra | Fox B. Holden
Dont you think it is a great deal pleasanter than it would be if Beachhead was away off in the country, out of sight of the water?
Karl Krinken, His Christmas Stocking | Susan Warner
As long as the beachhead of the underground invasion remained small, its blocking would not impair the functions of The Brain.
The Brain | Alexander Blade
It is only a small town, that Beachhead ; but still, being a sea-coast town, there is a good deal of stir about it.
Karl Krinken, His Christmas Stocking | Susan Warner
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British Dictionary definitions for beachhead noun military an area on a beach that has been captured from the enemy and on which troops and equipment are landed
the object of an amphibious operation
Word Origin for beachhead C20: modelled on bridgehead
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