sand
♦ sand /s'ænd/ (sands sanding sanded)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Sand is a substance that looks like powder, and consists of extremely small pieces of stone. Some deserts and many beaches are made up of sand.
They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water's edge.
...grains of sand.
2 [N-PLURAL]
Sands are a large area of sand, for example a beach.
...miles of golden sands.
3 [VERB] V n
If you sand a wood or metal surface, you rub sandpaper over it in order to make it smooth or clean.
Sand the surface softly and carefully.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
Sand down means the same as sand.
I was going to sand down the chairs and repaint them...
Simply sand them down with a fine grade of sandpaper.sand cas|tle (sand castles)
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A sand castle is a pile of sand, usually shaped like a castle, which children make when they are playing on the beach.sand dune (sand dunes)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
A sand dune is a hill of sand near the sea or in a sand desert.
= dune
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Sand is a substance that looks like powder, and consists of extremely small pieces of stone. Some deserts and many beaches are made up of sand.
They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water's edge.
...grains of sand.
2 [N-PLURAL]
Sands are a large area of sand, for example a beach.
...miles of golden sands.
3 [VERB] V n
If you sand a wood or metal surface, you rub sandpaper over it in order to make it smooth or clean.
Sand the surface softly and carefully.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
Sand down means the same as sand.
I was going to sand down the chairs and repaint them...
Simply sand them down with a fine grade of sandpaper.sand cas|tle (sand castles)
[N-COUNT]
A sand castle is a pile of sand, usually shaped like a castle, which children make when they are playing on the beach.sand dune (sand dunes)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
A sand dune is a hill of sand near the sea or in a sand desert.
= dune