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dunefield

dunefield noun: an area containing many sand dunes.

Noun

dunefield (plural dunefields)

  1. An area containing many sand dunes.
    • Some small dunefields are almost wholly active, in the sense that all the dunes are in movement, and most of the surface bare and blowable.2013, Andrew Goudie, Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, page 905

Forms of dunefield

pluraldunefields

Origin of dunefield

From dune + field.

Questions about dunefield

What does dunefield mean?
Dunefield means an area containing many sand dunes.
What part of speech is dunefield?
Dunefield is a noun.
What is the plural of dunefield?
The plural of dunefield is dunefields.

Words near dunefield in the dictionary

  1. dune cricket
  2. dune grass
  3. duned
  4. Dunedin
  5. Dunedoo
  6. dunefield
  7. dunefields
  8. dunefoot
  9. dunefoots
  10. dunegan
  11. dunegans

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