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sandbed

sandbed noun: a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially.

Noun

sandbed (plural sandbeds)

  1. A thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially.
    • There are also less commonly observed mollusks, such as pelagic heteropods, thecostomes, pteropods, and gymnosomes that live in the open sea, worm like solenogasters that live on reefs, and scaphopods that build tusk-like shells and live in sandbeds.2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 87
  2. The bed into which the iron from a blast furnace is run.

Forms of sandbed

pluralsandbeds

Origin of sandbed

From sand + bed.

Questions about sandbed

What does sandbed mean?
Sandbed means a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially.
What part of speech is sandbed?
Sandbed is a noun.
What is the plural of sandbed?
The plural of sandbed is sandbeds.

Words near sandbed in the dictionary

  1. sandbathes
  2. sandbathing
  3. sandbaths
  4. sandbeach
  5. sandbeaches
  6. sandbed
  7. sandbeds
  8. sandbell
  9. sandbells
  10. sandbelt
  11. sandbelts

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