Meaning & use
beachwear
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Meaning
noununcountable
clothing designed to be worn at the beach or by a pool, such as swimsuits and cover-ups.
Grammar: Uncountable: no plural and no 'a/an'. Say 'beachwear is', not 'beachwears are'.
Patterns
- wear beachwear
- beachwear for someone
- a piece of beachwear
The hotel shop sells sunscreen, towels, and beachwear.
Please pack light beachwear for the trip; we'll spend most days by the sea.
She bought new beachwear before their holiday in Greece.
Common combinations
- summer beachwear
- The store's summer beachwear collection arrived in May.
- designer beachwear
- Designer beachwear can be surprisingly expensive.
- men's beachwear
- Men's beachwear is on the second floor.
- a range of beachwear
- They offer a wide range of beachwear in many sizes.
Synonyms and how they differ
- swimwear
- Swimwear means clothes for swimming specifically, while beachwear can also include cover-ups, shirts, and sandals.
- beach clothes
- This is a more casual, descriptive phrase; beachwear sounds more like a product category in shops.
Word family
Commonly confused: beachwear or swimwear?
beachwear vs swimwear
Swimwear is only for swimming, but beachwear covers all clothes worn at the beach, including things you wear over a swimsuit.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'beachwear' correctly.
Choose one answer.
'Beachwear' is uncountable, so it takes 'some' and has no plural. Options 1 and 2 wrongly use 'a' or a plural form, and option 4 treats it as a countable plural.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “beachwear”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.