sandbar

See also: sand bar

English

Alternative forms

• sand bar

Etymology

From sand +‎ bar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sandbar (plural sandbars)

1. A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.

   Synonym: sandbank

   Hypernyms: bank, bar, shoal

Derived terms

• sandbar shark

Translations

ridge of sand

• Arabic: ضحضاح ماء m (ḍaḥḍāḥ māʔ)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: пясъчен нанос (pjasǎčen nanos)
• Catalan: banc de sorra m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙洲 (zh) (shāzhōu)

• Danish: sandbanke (da) c
• Dutch: zandbank (nl)
• Finnish: särkkä (fi)
• Galician: barra (gl) f, restinga (gl) f, sirte m, ariño m, brica f, feneiro m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sandbank (de) f
• Irish: oitir f, guaire m
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Lü: ᦶᦉᧃᦌᦻ (ṡaensaay)
• Maori: wāhi kirikiri
• Polish: mielizna (pl) f, mielizny f pl
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: oitir f
• Spanish: sirte (es) f
• Thai: สันดอน (th) (sǎn-dɔɔn)
• Turkish: kumluk (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: طوپوق (topuk)

• Welsh: traethell f, banc tywod m

Anagrams

• bandars