sandbank
noun
a large mass of sand, as on a shoal or hillside.
sand bank
-
a variation of
sandbank.
Example Sentences
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People were waving their cell phone flashlights desperately from atop a boat stuck on a sand bank.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
"Due to the area it's located, on the sand bank, it was difficult to gain access, to get our emergency services to the scene to manage it appropriately."
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2023
On 27 February he made his most exciting discovery yet: a 1m piece of metal, washed up on a sand bank in Mozambique.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2016
The resulting tides shift the sand throughout the year, so what once was a surf break gets washed away, only for the sand bank to build back up the following season.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2015
It deposited me at the edge of the ocean proper, where the sand bank dropped off into a huge chasm.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
