EGAVE

sand

About 24.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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. A specific grade, type, or composition of sand. A beach or other mass of sand.
    The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.
  2. noun A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
  3. noun A beach or other mass of sand.
    The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.
  4. noun Personal courage.
  5. noun A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  6. noun A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
    sand:
  7. noun A single grain of sand.
  8. noun A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

Similar words

grit sandpaper guts backbone gumption bituminous clay tar silt dune

Often followed by

and in or is dunes to of with was

Word family

Dudevant George Sand Sand sanded sanding sands

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