sand dune
sand dune noun: a large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.
Noun
sand dune (plural sand dunes)
- A large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.
- So enfeebled was resolution in him that he could only palter at a fatuous picture of himself carrying Podson bodily over the lagoon and dumping him on the sand dunes.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 86
- An anemometer constructed by the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Western Region, British Railways, has been installed at Dawlish Warren, near Exeter, to obtain a record of the velocity (speed and direction) of the wind. This information is used for the study of the effects of wind erosion on the...1952 August, “Wind Velocity Records at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 545
sand dune meaning in Tamil and Thai
sand dune in Tamil
- பாலை மணற்குன்று, மணற் திட்டு, மணற்குன்று, மணல் மேடு, மணற்திட்டு, மணல்மேடு
sand dune in Thai
- mound of windblown sand
- เนินทราย nəən-saai
Synonyms of sand dune
Forms of sand dune
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Questions about sand dune
- What does sand dune mean?
- Sand dune means a large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.
- What is sand dune in Tamil?
- Sand dune in Tamil is பாலை மணற்குன்று, மணற் திட்டு, மணற்குன்று. See Sand dune meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sand dune?
- Sand dune is a noun.
- What is the plural of sand dune?
- The plural of sand dune is sand dunes.
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