"sandbar" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sandbar.wav Forms: sandbars [plural], sand bar [alternative]
Etymology: From sand + bar. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sand|bar}} sand + bar Head templates: {{en-noun}} sandbar (plural sandbars)
  1. A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore. Wikipedia link: sandbar Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: sandbank Derived forms: sandbar shark Translations (ridge of sand): ضحضاح ماء (ḍaḥḍāḥ māʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), пясъчен нанос (pjasǎčen nanos) (Bulgarian), banc de sorra [masculine] (Catalan), 沙洲 (shāzhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), sandbanke [common-gender] (Danish), zandbank (Dutch), särkkä (Finnish), barra [feminine] (Galician), restinga [feminine] (Galician), sirte [masculine] (Galician), ariño [masculine] (Galician), brica [feminine] (Galician), feneiro [masculine] (Galician), Sandbank [feminine] (German), oitir [feminine] (Irish), guaire [masculine] (Irish), ᦶᦉᧃᦌᦻ (ṡaensaay) (), wāhi kirikiri (Maori), طوپوق (topuk) (Ottoman Turkish), mielizna [feminine] (Polish), mielizny [feminine, plural] (Polish), oitir [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), sirte [feminine] (Spanish), สันดอน (sǎn-dɔɔn) (Thai), kumluk (Turkish), traethell [feminine] (Welsh), banc tywod [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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