"sand dune" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sand dunes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sand dune (plural sand dunes)
  1. (geology) A large, semi-permanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts. Categories (topical): Geology Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: dune Translations (mound of windblown sand): 沙丘 (shāqiū) (Chinese Mandarin), liivaluide (Estonian), hiekkadyyni (Finnish), dune de sable [feminine] (French), Wanderdüne [feminine] (German), αμμόλοφος (ammólofos) [masculine] (Greek), homokdűne (Hungarian), 둔치 (dunchi) (Korean), 모래톱 (moraetop) (Korean), 사구 (sagu) (alt: 砂丘) (Korean), tāhuahua (Maori), sanddyne [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sanddyne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Sauntdien [feminine] (Plautdietsch), duna de areia [feminine] (Portuguese), песчаная дю́на (pesčanaja djúna) [feminine] (Russian), duna de arena [feminine] (Spanish), tuta la mchanga (Swahili), sanddyn [common-gender] (Swedish), เนินทราย (nəən-saai) (Thai)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "mound of windblown sand",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "duna de areia"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "mound of windblown sand",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "mound of windblown sand",
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      "word": "duna de arena"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mound of windblown sand",
      "word": "tuta la mchanga"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "mound of windblown sand",
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      "word": "sanddyn"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "nəən-saai",
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