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running sand

running sand noun: saturated sand which flows into an excavation or void due to water pressure.

Noun

running sand (uncountable)

  1. Saturated sand which flows into an excavation or void due to water pressure.
    • During the construction of the viaduct, the sinking of the caissons in the river bed caused much difficulty to the engineer and contractors, as a bed of running sand was encountered; in consequence, the expenditure for these foundations proved almost prohibitive.1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 53

Questions about running sand

What does running sand mean?
Running sand means saturated sand which flows into an excavation or void due to water pressure.
What part of speech is running sand?
Running sand is a noun.

Words near running sand in the dictionary

  1. running riggings
  2. running rings around
  3. running riot
  4. running room
  5. running roughshod over
  6. running sand
  7. running scared
  8. running script
  9. running scripts
  10. running serviceberries
  11. running serviceberry

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