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sandbank

American  
[sand-bangk] / ˈsændˌbæŋk /
Or sand bank

noun

  1. a large mass of sand, as on a shoal or hillside.

sandbank British  
/ ˈsændˌbæŋk /

noun

  1. a submerged bank of sand in a sea or river, that may be exposed at low tide

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Etymology

Origin of sandbank

First recorded in 1580–90; sand + bank 1

Example Sentences

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The fire at Sandbank Road has been ongoing for a number of days, while the blaze at Chimney Rock Mountain broke out on Tuesday.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Fourteen fire appliances and more than 100 firefighters are working to extinguish the blaze on Sandbank Road in Hilltown.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

She said the monument still has just one drive-in campground, at Sandbank Stream, and several hike-in campsites, all of which are first-come, first-served.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017

If anything surpasses it, it is Jan van de Cappelle’s marine depicting “Two Smalschips and Other Shipping Off a Sandbank in a Calm,” to use the long-winded title coined by 20th-century catalogers.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2011

We went into Sandbank Bay, and I landed at the village of Domara. 

From Adventures in New Guinea by Chalmers, James

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