"sandbank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sandbanks [plural]
Etymology: From sand + bank. Compare Dutch zandbank (“sandbank, shoal”), German Sandbank (“sandbank, sandbar, shoal”), Swedish sandbank (“sandbank, bar”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sand|bank}} sand + bank, {{cog|nl|zandbank||sandbank, shoal}} Dutch zandbank (“sandbank, shoal”), {{cog|de|Sandbank||sandbank, sandbar, shoal}} German Sandbank (“sandbank, sandbar, shoal”), {{cog|sv|sandbank||sandbank, bar}} Swedish sandbank (“sandbank, bar”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sandbank (plural sandbanks)
  1. A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping. Wikipedia link: Shoal Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: sandbar, sandridge Translations (ridge of sand): θίς (thís) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), traezhenn [feminine] (Breton), пясъчна плитчина (pjasǎčna plitčina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), banc de sorra [masculine] (Catalan), 沙洲 (shāzhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), sandbanke [common-gender] (Danish), zandbank (Dutch), banc de sable (French), barra [feminine] (Galician), banco de area [masculine] (Galician), restinga [feminine] (Galician), taro [masculine] (Galician), Sandbank [feminine] (German), sablostrato (Ido), ubòm (Igbo), oitir [feminine] (Irish), 砂州 (sasu) (alt: さす) (Japanese), 사주 (saju) (alt: 砂洲) (Korean), syrtis [feminine] (Latin), tāhuna (Maori), ranga (Maori), tāhuna onepū (Maori), banc d'sablion [masculine] (Norman), sandbanke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sandbanke [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sandhryċġ [masculine] (Old English), قومسال (kumsal) (Ottoman Turkish), ławica piaskowa [feminine] (Polish), mielizna [feminine] (Polish), banco de areia [masculine] (Portuguese), ਬਰੇਤਾ (baretā) [masculine] (Punjabi), ба́нка (bánka) [feminine] (Russian), о́тмель (ótmelʹ) [feminine] (Russian), oitir [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), prud [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prudište [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), banco de arena [masculine] (Spanish), sandbank [common-gender] (Swedish), traethell [feminine] (Welsh), banc tywod [masculine] (Welsh)

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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ridge of sand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sandbank"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "ridge of sand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traethell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "ridge of sand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banc tywod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sandbank"
}

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