sand

B1 Topic:Gardening & Horticulture

US /ˈsænd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like send /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Freq #2628

Meanings

1

noun
Tiny loose grains of worn rock that form beaches and deserts.

The children built a castle out of sand on the beach.
2

verb
To make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper.

He sanded the table before painting it.
3

verb
To cover or spread with sand.

The workers sanded the icy road to make it safer.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

2 verb · to make a surface smooth by... sandpaper

Word family

Forms sandedsandingsands

Derived forms belt-sandblundellsandsbolton-le-sandsdesanddunesandfiresandgrange-over-sandsgreensandhead-in-the-sandironsandoversandquicksand

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Phrases (2)

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sand wedge
a golf club designed especially for playing a ball out of sand

Noun + noun
sand martin
a swallowlike bird that nests in tunnels in sandy or clay banks

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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bury one's head in the sand
to ignore an unpleasant reality hoping it will go away

Etymology

From Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. See also North Frisian sun, Sön, sönj (“sand”), Saterland Frisian Sound (“sand”), West Frisian sân (“sand”), Dutch zand (“sand”), German, Luxembourgish Sand (“sand”), Yiddish זאַמד (zamd, “sand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish sand (“sand”), Faroese and Icelandic sandur (“sand”), Latin sabulum (“sand, gravel”), Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”), English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”…

sond Middle English sand Old English *samd Proto-West Germanic *samdaz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Gardening & Horticulture General Vocabulary

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# sand

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈsænd/
**Frequency rank:** 2628

## Meanings
1. Tiny loose grains of worn rock that form beaches and deserts.
2. To make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper.
3. To cover or spread with sand.

## Examples
- The children built a castle out of sand on the beach.
- He sanded the table before painting it.
- The workers sanded the icy road to make it safer.

## Derived Forms
- belt-sand
- blundellsands
- bolton-le-sands
- desand
- dunesand
- firesand
- grange-over-sands
- greensand
- head-in-the-sand
- ironsand
- oversand
- quicksand

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sond
- Root: sand
- Root: *samd
- Root: *samdaz

## Etymology
From Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. See also North Frisian sun, Sön, sönj (“sand”), Saterland Frisian Sound (“sand”), West Frisian sân (“sand”), Dutch zand (“sand”), German, Luxembourgish Sand (“sand”), Yiddish זאַמד (zamd, “sand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish sand (“sand”), Faroese and Icelandic sandur (“sand”), Latin sabulum (“sand, gravel”), Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”), English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”…

## AI Etymology
Sand comes from Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. Modern senses include tiny loose grains of worn rock that form beaches and deserts. and to make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as belt-sand, blundellsands, bolton-le-sands, desand, dunesand, and firesand.

## Topics
- Gardening & Horticulture
- General Vocabulary

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