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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Try the Castaway Picnic experience on a private sandbank with lunch, snorkeling gear, sunbeds, and umbrellas to while away the afternoon.
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Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
When the waters are low, the heavy boats, laden with metal and with foodstuffs, run aground on the sandbanks of the river.
—Eugène-Melchior De Vogüé, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
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.
—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
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Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
When the waters are low, the heavy boats, laden with metal and with foodstuffs, run aground on the sandbanks of the river.
—Eugène-Melchior De Vogüé, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
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.
—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
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“Sandbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbank. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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sandbank
noun
sand·bank
-ˌbaŋk
: a large deposit of sand
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