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View definitions for sand

sand

noun as in beige

noun as in dust

noun as in gravel

Strongest match

Weak match

noun as in grit

noun as in ground

noun as in silt

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in tan

noun as in yellow

verb as in grind

verb as in rasp

verb as in scour

verb as in smooth

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Example Sentences

Strong tidal currents there have since dumped several square miles worth of sand into the bay behind Fire Island, creating wide, shallow flats perfect for trying out the new platform.

Others are insisting the oil sands will remain the economic heart of the region for decades to come.

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The coating allows moisture to stick and absorb to the sand.

So we cross-registered in the animation department at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design twice in our sophomore year, learning things like hand drawing with a light table, experimental sand animation, and digital animation.

Throw a grain of sand in the machinery and we have an outage like yesterday.

There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.

When the game starts, there is only sand, a white ball, a flag indicating hole 1, and a “0” at the top of the screen.

And there, the sand castle builder and tag player who loved her aunt more than science would be buried.

Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.

The family had grown up dirt-poor, sharecropping the 20,000 acres of cotton that stretched out below Sand Mountain.

Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.

You speak with about as little reflection as we might expect from one of those children down there playing in the sand.

Edna looked at her feet, and noticed the sand and slime between her brown toes.

The little faces shone like polished bronze; they held their hands out, their bare feet pattered in the sand.

Though built upon the sand, they still endured, and would continue to endure.

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On this page you'll find 337 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sand, such as: camel, cream, khaki, off-white, tan, and taupe.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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