BEACHHEAD

PRONUNCIATION: (BEECH-hed)

MEANING: noun:
1. An area of the shore secured by an advancing military force from which to advance further inland.
2. A foothold opening the way for further advance.

ETYMOLOGY: From beach, of unknown origin + Old English heafod (top of the body). Earliest documented use: 1920.
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REACH HEAD - I managed to get to the outhouse

BEACH-HEAL - what you long for after you burn your feet on the hot sand

BE ACTH HEAD - Cushingoid facies from a pituitary tumor