sandbar
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- noun
- /ˈsændˌbɑr/
- US
:
banco de arena
- The tide was half out, and the sandbar was under a foot of water.
- sandbar shark
- juvenile sandbar
Out here in the middle of nowhere is this little sandbar, OK, called Kiribati.
- Out here in the middle of nowhere is this little sandbar, OK, called Kiribati.
- So we spent the day in that little reservoir pushing that little boat off of sandbars and not from under getting the mask thing out from Tango from trees.
Examples
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We would camp on sandbars and cook catfish over a driftwood fire.
Fiction book (2002) -
This nine-mile-long sandbar has one advantage above all others, it is remote.
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I think we should start at the sandbar and work our way over.
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Sure is a long way out to find the sandbar.
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Boy, it sure is nice to stretch out on this sandbar, huh?
Fiction book (2000) -
When he finally made it back to the sandbar, the first thing he did was hunt for his glasses.
Fiction book (2001) -
Look at this sandbar, man, this water is unreal.
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At that point, the river is more sandbar than waterway.
Academic text (2011) -
As a small boy, I loved to navigate my father's shrimp boat between the sandbars.
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We pulled out a couple of times to explore a sandbar and pick up shells.
Synonyms
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7.0
A raised area of sand under water near the shore that can block boats
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A raised area of sand in a river or by the sea that appears at low tide
A long narrow strip of sand in water that shows above the water
A strip of sand or mud along a riverbank that appears when the water is low
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.4
A large gray fish with sharp teeth that lives near shallow sandy coasts
How Exposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sandbar is simply sand + bar. A bar is like a long stick or 'barrier', so a sandbar is a long strip of sand made by moving water that can appear at low tide and sometimes block boats.