sand pile
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sand pile
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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A sand pile or wall to hold back the rocks, meanwhile, would have to be 230 feet high to protect Brienz.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2023
The approach, with roots in the 18th century, describes the structure of networks of discrete, interacting parts, be they friends linked on social media or grains in a sand pile.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 11, 2019
For example, assume a dry sand pile has an angle of repose of 30 degrees.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
“He and his roommate jumped off, 30 feet above the ground, and landed in a sand pile and lived,” James said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2016
The Indian mound looked as if somebody had 236made a nice symmetrical sand pile about twenty feet high out in the middle of the prairie and then grassed it over neatly.
From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Lily Munsell Ritchie
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