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View synonyms for sandbar
sandbar
or sand bar
[ sand-bahr ]
noun
- a bar of sand formed in a river or sea by the action of tides or currents.
sandbar
/ sănd′bär′ /
- A long mass or low ridge of submerged or partially exposed sand built up in the water along a shore or beach by the action of waves or currents.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sandbar1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
You can lunch on a two-mile-long sandbar and play tennis on the courts.
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One of the sailors had seen a sandbar and a low line of land.
From Project Gutenberg
Here we struck on a sandbar with such force of steam and current as to land us almost out of the water from stem to midships.
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Luckily it grounded on a sandbar, and burned and crackled away harmlessly until it was consumed.
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We recovered the running gear of the wagon later when all came upon a sandbar, but the harness had been stolen.
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She's no fool, and she can see the sense of gettin' over a sandbar at high tide jes as well as you can.'
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