sandbank
IPA: sˈændbæŋk
noun
- A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.
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Examples of "sandbank" in Sentences
- A lagoon emerged to the west of the sandbank.
- The boat frequently grounded on the sandbanks.
- It was originally a sandbank near the peninsula.
- His country is a sunken concrete barge on a sandbank.
- It is to here that the typical estuarine sandbanks extend.
- The name is derived from the reddish tint of its sandbanks.
- He was tired from steering the cammal sandbank to sandbank.
- It is connected to the larger island, Buariki, by a sandbank.
- Nowadays, the seaweed on the sandbank reminds the people of wheat.
- The seals usually bask on the sandbanks at the far end of the spit.
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