shingle
The town's beaches are small, shingly and crowded.
This gull breeds on rocky, sandy and shingly coasts.
Most of the region's coastal villages have a tiny, shingly strip of beach.
The beach was a little shingly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Coasts & beaches
barrier reef
beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcombing
beachfront
esplanade
frontage
groin
low-lying
riviera
sand
seafront
shingle
shore
strand
swash
the Amalfi Coast
the seaside
tide pool
tombolo
Examples of shingly
shingly
It grows in a variety of habitats, particularly open,
shingly riverbeds in areas of high rainfall.
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The earthquake also transformed the previously dangerous and
shingly seashore into a safe and sandy swimming beach.
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