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quicksands

quicksands is the plural of quicksand.

Meaning of quicksand

Noun

quicksand (countable and uncountable, plural quicksands)

  1. Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
    • My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.
    Synonyms:
    syrtis, syrt
  2. (figuratively) Anything that metaphorically pulls one down or buries one; a treacherous, risky danger
    • the quicksands of youth

Questions about quicksands

What is quicksands the plural of?
Quicksands is the plural of quicksand.

Words near quicksands in the dictionary

  1. quicknesses
  2. quickplay
  3. quicks
  4. quicksand
  5. quicksandlike
  6. quicksands
  7. quicksandy
  8. quicksave
  9. quicksaved
  10. quicksaves
  11. quicksaving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quicksands (page history and authors); quicksand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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