Sand
Word | SAND |
Character | 4 |
Hyphenation | sand |
Pronunciations | /sænd/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Sand"
What do we mean by sand?
Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock. noun
A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter. noun
A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert. noun
The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass. noun
Moments of allotted time or duration. noun
Courage; stamina; perseverance. noun
A light grayish brown to yellowish gray. noun
To sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand. transitive verb
To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper. transitive verb
To mix with sand. transitive verb
To fill up (a harbor) with sand. transitive verb
A message; a mission; an embassy. noun
Water-worn detritus, finer than that to which the name gravel would ordinarily be applied: but the line between sand and gravel cannot be distinctly drawn, and they frequently occur intermingled. noun
A tract or region composed principally of sand, like the deserts of Arabia; or a tract of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide: as, the Libyan Sands; the Solway sands. noun
Any mass of small hard particles: as, the sand of an hour-glass; sand used in blotting. noun
In founding, a mixture of sand, clay, and other materials used in making molds for casting metals. noun
Sandstone: so used in the Pennsylvania petroleum region, where the various beds of petroliferous sandstone are called oil-sands, and designated as first, second, third, etc., in the order in which they are struck in the borings. Similarly, the gas-bearing sandstones are called gas-sands. noun
Plural The moments, minutes, or small portions of time; lifetime; allotted period of life: in allusion to the sand in the hour-glass used for measuring time. noun
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.
(often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.
(circa 1920) Personal courage.
A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
A single grain of sand.
A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
Synonyms and Antonyms for Sand
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