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sand dunes

sand dunes is the plural of sand dune.

Meaning of sand dune

Noun

sand dune (plural sand dunes)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    dune, towan

Questions about sand dunes

What is sand dunes the plural of?
Sand dunes is the plural of sand dune.

Words near sand dunes in the dictionary

  1. sand domes
  2. sand down
  3. sand drag
  4. sand drags
  5. sand dune
  6. sand dunes
  7. sand duning
  8. sand eel
  9. sand eels
  10. sand engine
  11. sand engines

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