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sandcastling

sandcastling noun: the act of building sandcastles.

Noun

sandcastling (uncountable)

  1. The act of building sandcastles.
    • So the first essential ingredient is a dream. Of course, imagination by itself does not suffice. You must acquire the skills to match your dreams—or you will remain a bemused armchair sandcastler, nurturing pipe dreams of unfulfillable glory. / Fortunately the skills required for sandcastling are...1981, Joseph Allen, “Chapter 4: The Art of Sandcastling”, in Sandcastles: The Splendors of Enchantment, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 61
    • A major principle of sandcastling is always to complete your work on a higher level before proceeding to a lower level. […] Making up your own techniques is not difficult. In fact, the more sandcastling you do, the more you will find your imagination taking over.1982, Jeffrey Shear, Michael DiPersio, Steven Schneider, Castles in the Sand, Putnam Press, →ISBN, pages 9, 26

Origin of sandcastling

From sandcastle + -ing.

Questions about sandcastling

What does sandcastling mean?
Sandcastling means the act of building sandcastles.
What part of speech is sandcastling?
Sandcastling is a noun.

Words near sandcastling in the dictionary

  1. sandcast
  2. sandcastle
  3. sandcastler
  4. sandcastlers
  5. sandcastles
  6. sandcastling
  7. sandcherry
  8. sandcorn
  9. sandcorns
  10. sandcrab
  11. sandcrack

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