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sandhills

sandhills is the plural of sandhill.

Meaning of sandhill

Noun

sandhill (plural sandhills)

  1. A dune or sandpile.
    • He resumed running in November, varying the workload by running in sandhills, on ovals and tennis courts[…].2009 January 16, Leo Schlink, “Lleyton Hewitt at mercy of Open computer”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2009
  2. A sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis).
    • Adult sandhills can be 4 to 5 feet tall.1997, Lynn M. Stone, Sandhill Cranes, →ISBN, page 7

Proper noun capitalized: Sandhills

Sandhills

  1. A hamlet in Cattistock parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5800)
  2. An inner suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, north of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ3493).
  3. A suburb in Risinghurst and Sandhills parish, City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5607).
  4. A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9338).
  5. A region of grass-stabilised sand dunes in north-central Nebraska, United States.
  6. A region of the Atlantic coastal plain in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, United States.

Phrases with sandhills

Questions about sandhills

What does sandhills mean?
Sandhills means a hamlet in Cattistock parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5800).
What is sandhills the plural of?
Sandhills is the plural of sandhill.
What part of speech is sandhills?
Sandhills is a proper noun.

Words near sandhills in the dictionary

  1. sandhill milkweed
  2. sandhill plum
  3. sandhill plums
  4. sandhiller
  5. sandhillers
  6. sandhills
  7. sandhis
  8. Sandhoe
  9. Sandhoff disease
  10. sandhog
  11. sandhogged

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