sands
/sˈændz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
noun
a unit of time.
name
A surname.
name
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.
name
A western suburb and ward in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8393).
Example Sentences
- "The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out."
- "We were lost in the sands of Arabia."
- "Most of the old fishermen's cottages have been unobtrusively modernised, the harbour is busy with summer yachts, and the sands are superb."