sand
/sænd/
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt, forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction
- plural
- sands
Meanings
- 1
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction
We made a sand castle.
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Tom made a sand castle.
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- 2
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.; A specific grade, type, or composition of sandrare
- 3
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.; A beach or other mass of sandrare
- 4
Personal couragerare
- 5
A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scalerare
- 6
A light beige colour, like that of typical sandrare
- 7
A single grain of sandrare
- 8
A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass)rare
- 9
Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand)rare
- 10
Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).; "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom)rare