sandbank
noun
sand·bank
ˈsan(d)-ˌbaŋk 
: a large deposit of sand forming a mound, hillside, bar, or shoal
Examples of sandbank in a Sentence
The ship ran aground on a sandbank.
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To accommodate this throng of humanity, a temporary city of impossible proportions springs up on the sandbanks, featuring tented accommodations, roadways, power supplies, and medical facilities.
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Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
Since the sixties, Pickford explained, divers had been searching for the wreck off the wrong sandbank.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Strewn across the riverbed, some of the ships still have turrets, command bridges, broken masts and twisted hulls, while others lie mostly submerged under sandbanks.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
The level of Poland’s longest river, the Vistula, has fallen to a record low, leaving sandbanks exposed in Warsaw and water so shallow a moose was filmed walking across it in a section in the countryside.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
Since the sixties, Pickford explained, divers had been searching for the wreck off the wrong sandbank.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Strewn across the riverbed, some of the ships still have turrets, command bridges, broken masts and twisted hulls, while others lie mostly submerged under sandbanks.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
The level of Poland’s longest river, the Vistula, has fallen to a record low, leaving sandbanks exposed in Warsaw and water so shallow a moose was filmed walking across it in a section in the countryside.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Sandbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbank. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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sandbank
noun
sand·bank
-ˌbaŋk
: a large deposit of sand
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