Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sand dune

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: sand -dune
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.

Example Sentences

"So enfeebled was resolution in him that he could only palter at a fatuous picture of himself carrying Podson bodily over the lagoon and dumping him on the sand dunes."
"An anemometer constructed by the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Western Region, British Railways, has been installed at Dawlish Warren, near Exeter, to obtain a record of the velocity (speed and direction) of the wind. This information is used for the study of the effects of wind erosion on the sand dunes which protect the railway from the sea at that point."

Inflected Forms

sand dunes (plural)

Synonyms

dune towan

Questions

What does sand dune mean?: A large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.

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