"sandcastle" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-sandcastle.ogg [US] Forms: sandcastles [plural]
Etymology: sand + castle Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sand|castle}} sand + castle Head templates: {{en-noun}} sandcastle (plural sandcastles)
  1. A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach. Categories (topical): Sculpture Derived forms: sandcastler, sandcastling Related terms: bucket and spade Translations (a sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle): sandkasteel (Afrikaans), castell de sorra [masculine] (Catalan), 沙堡 (shābǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 沙塔 (shātǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 空中樓閣 [figuratively] (Chinese Mandarin), 空中楼阁 (kōngzhōnglóugé) (Chinese Mandarin), hrad z písku [masculine] (Czech), sandslot [neuter] (Danish), zandkasteel [neuter] (Dutch), sabloburgo (Esperanto), hiekkalinna (Finnish), château de sable [masculine] (French), Sandburg [feminine] (German), homokvár (Hungarian), sablokastelo (Ido), caisleán gainimh [masculine] (Irish), castello di sabbia [masculine] (Italian), 砂の城 (suna no shiro) (alt: すなのしろ) (Japanese), 砂上の楼閣 (sajō no rōkaku) (alt: さじょうのろうかく) (Japanese), 모래성 (moraeseong) (Korean), smilšu pils [feminine] (Latvian), châté dé sablion [masculine] (Norman), zamek z piasku [masculine] (Polish), babka z piasku [feminine] (Polish), babka [feminine] (Polish), castelo de areia [masculine] (Portuguese), castel de nisip [neuter] (Romanian), песча́ный за́мок (pesčányj zámok) [masculine] (Russian), caisteal-gainmhich [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), castillo de arena [masculine] (Spanish), sandslott [neuter] (Swedish), kumdan kale (Turkish), lâu đài cát (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "kumdan kale"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "a sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle",
      "word": "lâu đài cát"
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}

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