sandcastling
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "So the first essential ingredient is a dream. Of course, imagination by itself does not suffice. You must acquire the skills to match your dreams—or you will remain a bemused armchair sandcastler, nurturing pipe dreams of unfulfillable glory. / Fortunately the skills required for sandcastling are developed with reasonable ease in a pleasant environment."
- "A major principle of sandcastling is always to complete your work on a higher level before proceeding to a lower level. […] Making up your own techniques is not difficult. In fact, the more sandcastling you do, the more you will find your imagination taking over."
- "These sand castles and other constructions became centerpieces for annual festivals and competitions. “Sandcastling” moved beyond family games for kiddies to become a verb. […] Sandcastling origins, far upstream in time, may go back to Egyptians who, four thousand years ago, made sand replicas of pyramids and monuments. […] Sandcastling now joins a host of other occupations which, increasingly in the 1990s, enliven varied sites with once limited but now expanding artistic activities."
- "In summer you can nip over to the Lido for a paddle and a bout of sandcastling."
Etymology
From sandcastle + -ing.