sand /sand/

1. A mass of rounded grains of rock, esp quartz
2. (in pl) a tract covered with this, as on a seashore or desert
3. (in pl) sandstones
4. (in pl) moments of time, from the use of the grains in an hourglass
5. Firmness of character, grit (N Am inf)
6. A light yellowish-brown colour

1. Made of sand
2. Of the colour of sand

1. To sprinkle, cover or mix with sand
2. To smooth or polish with abrasive material, esp sandpaper

sandˈed adjective

1. Sprinkled, covered, or mixed with sand
2. Smoothed or polished with sandpaper, etc
3. Yellow (Shakespeare)

sandˈer noun

A tool (esp power-driven) with an abrasive surface, or with a pad to which sandpaper, etc can be fitted, used to sand wood, etc

sandˈiness noun

Sandy quality, esp in colour

sandˈing noun

sandˈ-like adjective

sandˈling noun

The launce or sand eel

sandˈy adjective

1. Consisting of, covered with, containing, or like sand
2. Measured by sand (Shakespeare)
3. Coloured like sand, yellowish-beige

sandˈyish adjective

sandˈbag noun

1. A bag of sand or earth, used esp to protect against bomb blasts, floods, etc
2. A small bag of sand, etc, used as a cosh
3. An engraver's leather cushion

transitive verb (pat sandˈbagged)

1. To provide with sandbags
2. To attack with a sandbag
3. To attack unexpectedly and with force
4. To obstruct or outmanoeuvre

sandˈbagger noun

sandˈbank noun

A bank of sand in a river, river mouth, etc, often above water at low tide

sand bar noun

A long sandbank in a river or the sea

sand bath noun

1. A bath in sand
2. A vessel for heating without direct exposure to the source of heat

sand bed noun

1. A layer of sand, esp one used in founding or moulding
2. A toper (Scot)

sandˈ-binder noun

A plant whose roots or rootstocks fix shifting sands

sandˈblast noun

1. A sand-laden wind
2. Sand blown by a blast of air or steam under pressure for glass-engraving, finishing metal surfaces, cleaning stone and metal surfaces, etc (also transitive verb)

sandˈblaster noun

sandˈblasting noun

sandˈ-blind adjective see separate entry.

sand blow noun (geology)

The removal of large amounts of sand from a place by the wind

sandˈbox noun

1. A box for sand, eg for sprinkling on railway lines or roads
2. A sandpit
3. The explosive capsule of a tropical American tree (sandbox tree, Hura crepitans) of the spurge family, formerly used to sprinkle sand on wet ink

sandˈboy noun

A boy selling sand, proverbially happy

sand break noun

A barrier to prevent sand being blown into crops, etc

sand bunker noun

sandˈ-cast transitive verb

To cast in a mould of sand

sandˈ-casting noun

sandˈcastle noun

A model of a castle made esp by children at play on a beach or in a sandpit

sand crack noun

A crack in a horse's hoof, often causing lameness

sand dab noun

Any of various kinds of small Pacific flatfishes often eaten as food

sand dance noun

A dance performed on a sanded surface

sandˈ-dart noun

A British noctuid moth

sandˈ-devil noun

A small whirlwind

sand dollar noun

A flat sea urchin of shallow coastal waters

sandˈ-dune noun

A ridge of loose sand drifted by the wind

sand eel or sand lance noun

The launce

sandˈ-flag noun

A fissile sandstone

sand flea noun

1. The chigoe or jigger
2. A sandhopper

sandˈfly noun

1. A small biting midge (genus Simulium)
2. A small moth-like midge (Phlebotomus papatasii) that transmits sandfly fever, an influenza-like viral infection

sandˈglass noun

A glass instrument, eg an hourglass, for measuring time by the running out of sand

sand grain noun

sand grass noun

Any grass that grows on sand

sandˈgroper noun (Aust)

1. A pioneer at the time of the gold rush
2. A W Australian (joc)

sand grouse noun

Any bird of the genera Pterocles and Syrrhaptes, with long pointed wings, once classified as grouse because of their feathered legs but now considered as a suborder (Pterocletes) related to pigeons

sandˈheap noun

sandˈhill noun

sandˈhog noun (N Am sl)

A person who works on underground or underwater construction projects in an enclosed work area supplied with compressed air

sandˈhopper noun

An amphipod crustacean (Talitrus, Orchestia, etc) of the seashore and tidal estuaries that jumps by suddenly straightening its bent body

sand iron noun

Another name for a sand wedge

sand lance noun

The sand eel or launce

sandˈ-lark noun

1. A name applied to various small shore birds
2. A sandpiper

sand leek noun

The rocambole

sand lizard noun

An oviparous lizard (Lacerta agilis) of Europe and S England

sandˈman noun

(with the) a fairy who supposedly puts children to sleep at bedtime by sprinkling sand on their eyes

sand martin noun

A small European bird, Riparia riparia, of the martin family that nests in tunnels hollowed out of sandy banks

sand mason noun

A tube worm that makes its tube out of sand

sand mole noun

An African mole-rat, Bathyergus

sand painting noun

The making of designs with coloured sand, as in various Native American ceremonies

sandˈpaper noun

1. The popular term for glasspaper, a stiff paper coated with powdered glass, used as an abrasive
2. An early form of glasspaper, coated with sand

transitive verb

To smooth or polish with sandpaper

sandˈpapery adjective

sandˈ-peep noun (US)

Any small sandpiper

sand pipe noun

A tubular hollow in chalk, usu filled with clay, sand, etc from above

sandˈpiper noun

The name for a large number of birds of the Scolopacidae family of ground-dwelling, wading birds intermediate between plovers and snipe, frequenting sandy shores and riverbanks and uttering a clear piping note

sandˈpit noun

1. A place from which sand is dug
2. An enclosure filled with sand for children to play in

sand plough noun

A vehicle like a snow plough, for clearing roads, railway lines, etc of sand

sand pride noun

A small river lamprey

sandˈpump noun

A pump for raising wet sand or mud

sand saucer noun

The egg mass of certain sea snails

sandˈ-screw noun

A burrowing amphipod (from its wriggling movements)

sandˈshoe noun

A shoe for walking or playing on the sands in, usu with a canvas upper and rubber sole, a plimsoll

sandˈ-skipper noun

A sandhopper

sandˈ-snake noun

A short-tailed, boa-like genus (Eryx) of Old World snakes

sand sole see lemon²

sandˈspout noun

A moving pillar of sand drawn up by a whirlwind

sandˈ-star noun

An ophiurid, esp of the short-armed kind, such as Ophiura

sandˈstone noun

A rock formed of compacted and hardened sand

sandˈstorm noun

A storm of wind carrying along clouds of sand

sandˈsucker noun

1. A ship or other device that clears blockages of sand
2. A European flounder

sand table noun

1. A tray for moulding sand on or for demonstration of military tactics
2. An inclined trough for separating heavier particles from a flow of liquid, as in ore-dressing, paper-making (also sand trap)

sandˈ-thrower noun

A tool for throwing sand on newly sized or painted surfaces

sand trap noun

1. A bunker on a golf course
2. A sand table

sand wasp noun

A solitary burrowing insect of several families related to the true wasps

sand wedge noun

A golf club specially designed to hit the ball out of bunkers

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