: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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We wandered over the dunes.
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Choose from eight gorgeous colors, including dune, earth, and moon.
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Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
All of the dunes and vegetation were decimated as well, and the island was only accessible by boat.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
On a westward-facing shore of Lake Michigan, a gabled roof appears to rise out of the dunes.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2024
Most of the variegated topographical features on Pluto—dunes, hills, broken up blocks called chaotic terrains—are made up of or are the work of frozen methane and nitrogen.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
All of the dunes and vegetation were decimated as well, and the island was only accessible by boat.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
On a westward-facing shore of Lake Michigan, a gabled roof appears to rise out of the dunes.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2024
Most of the variegated topographical features on Pluto—dunes, hills, broken up blocks called chaotic terrains—are made up of or are the work of frozen methane and nitrogen.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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dune
noun
: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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