sandbankn.

Etymology: < sand n.² + bank n.¹ 1.

1. A bank of sand formed in a river or sea by the action of tides and currents.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > sandbank > [noun]

sand-ridgec1000

hurst1398

shelp1430

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ayre1539

bar1587

knock1587

sandbank1589

middle ground1653

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sandbar1767

sea-bank1828

tow-head1829

wharf1867

whale1905

horse1926

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1268 A sand banke in the Sea,..pulvinus.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 510 Frothy breaches of the Seas over the Sand-banks.

a1731 D. Defoe New Voy. round World in Wks. (1840) VII. 147 She tailed aground upon a sand-bank.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xix. 524 The Nile flows wide among sandbanks, like a tidal river near the sea.

figurative.1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. i. 390 Its foundation was the shifting sandbank of female and royal coquetry.

2. Founding. (See quot. 1888.)

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1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Sand Bank. In foundries where small pipes are cast in quantities the moulding boxes are placed, and the metal run on a bank of sand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sandbank
释义	sandbankn. Etymology: < sand n.² + bank n.¹ 1. 1. A bank of sand formed in a river or sea by the action of tides and currents. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > sandbank > [noun] sand-ridgec1000 hurst1398 shelp1430 sand1495 ayre1539 bar1587 knock1587 sandbank1589 middle ground1653 middle1702 overslaugh1755 sandbar1767 sea-bank1828 tow-head1829 wharf1867 whale1905 horse1926 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1268 A sand banke in the Sea,..pulvinus. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 510 Frothy breaches of the Seas over the Sand-banks. a1731 D. Defoe New Voy. round World in Wks. (1840) VII. 147 She tailed aground upon a sand-bank. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xix. 524 The Nile flows wide among sandbanks, like a tidal river near the sea. figurative.1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. i. 390 Its foundation was the shifting sandbank of female and royal coquetry. 2. Founding. (See quot. 1888.) ΚΠ 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Sand Bank. In foundries where small pipes are cast in quantities the moulding boxes are placed, and the metal run on a bank of sand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1589
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