"sandpit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsænd.pɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sandpit.wav Forms: sandpits [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand + pit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sandpitte}} Middle English sandpitte, {{inh|en|ang|sandpytt|t=sandpit}} Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), {{af|en|sand|pit}} sand + pit Head templates: {{en-noun}} sandpit (plural sandpits)
  1. A place or pit from which sand is excavated. Translations (place where sand is excavated): пясъчна кариера (pjasǎčna kariera) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sorrera [feminine] (Catalan), renaio [masculine] (Italian), cava di sabbia [feminine] (Italian), harēnāria [feminine] (Latin), arenièra [feminine] (Occitan), sablièra [feminine] (Occitan), areal [masculine] (Portuguese), sandtäkt [common-gender] (Swedish), sandtag [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sandpit-en-noun-r-0w6AMD Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of 'place where sand is excavated': 61 28 10
  2. A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand. Categories (topical): Recreation Synonyms: sandbox Translations (children's play area): пясъчник (pjasǎčnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sorrera [feminine] (Catalan), pískoviště [neuter] (Czech), zandbak (Dutch), sabloludejo (Esperanto), sablokesto (Esperanto), hiekkalaatikko (Finnish), bac à sable [masculine] (French), Sandkasten [masculine] (German), homokozó (Hungarian), sandkassi [masculine] (Icelandic), poll gainimh [masculine] (Irish), sabbiera [feminine] (Italian), sandkasse [feminine] (Norwegian), arenièra [feminine] (Occitan), sablièra [feminine] (Occitan), piaskownica [feminine] (Polish), caixa de areia [feminine] (Portuguese), песо́чница (pesóčnica) [feminine] (Russian), пешчара [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), peščara [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), arenero [masculine] (Spanish), sandlåda [common-gender] (Swedish), kum kutusu (Turkish), pwll tywod [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sandpit-en-noun-DQYZnIaG Disambiguation of Recreation: 7 43 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 54 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 55 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 48 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 47 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 50 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 51 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 49 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 46 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 51 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 22 51 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 51 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 50 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 22 51 28 Disambiguation of "children's play area": 0 98 2
  3. (television) A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East. Categories (topical): Television, Recreation
    Sense id: en-sandpit-en-noun-HhTwIugA Disambiguation of Recreation: 7 43 50 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 32 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 31 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 31 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 12 32 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 33 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 13 31 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 33 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 12 32 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 32 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 12 32 56 Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sand pit

Inflected forms

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      "word": "bac à sable"
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      "word": "Sandkasten"
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      "sense": "children's play area",
      "word": "homokozó"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "children's play area",
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      "word": "sandkassi"
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      "word": "poll gainimh"
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      "word": "sabbiera"
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      "sense": "children's play area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piaskownica"
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      "sense": "children's play area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "caixa de areia"
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      "sense": "children's play area",
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      "word": "песо́чница"
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      "sense": "children's play area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пешчара"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "sandlåda"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "children's play area",
      "word": "kum kutusu"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "children's play area",
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