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sandish

sandish adjective: approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.

Adjective

sandish (comparative more sandish, superlative most sandish)

  1. Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
    • Sandish Earth1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] ”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    sandlike, sandy

Synonyms of sandish

Forms of sandish

comparativemore sandish
superlativemost sandish

Origin of sandish

From Middle English sandishe, sondisshe, equivalent to sand + -ish.

Words that rhyme with sandish

Questions about sandish

What does sandish mean?
Sandish means approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
What part of speech is sandish?
Sandish is an adjective.

Words near sandish in the dictionary

  1. Sandino
  2. Sandinos
  3. Sandins
  4. Sandip
  5. Sandisfield
  6. sandish
  7. Sanditonian
  8. Sanditonians
  9. Sandiva
  10. sandiver
  11. sandix

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