Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sandur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: san-dur
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic sandur (“sand”). Doublet of sand.

Origin

Source language: Icelandic

Word Breakdown

Root: sandur

Inflected Forms

sandurs (plural) sandar (alternative) sandr (alternative)

Questions

What does sandur mean?: A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.
Where does sandur come from?: It is traced to Icelandic.

How to pronounce sandur

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