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sandplain

sandplain noun: an area whose surface consists of sand deposited from elsewhere by the wind or sea.

Noun

sandplain (plural sandplains)

  1. An area whose surface consists of sand deposited from elsewhere by the wind or sea.
    • I'll think of how the kids come alive walking around sandplains / reading tracks, looking for goannas, digging up witchetty grubs / collecting berries, branches of bush medicines.2022, Meg Mooney, Northern Territory Literary Awards, page 33

Forms of sandplain

pluralsandplains

Origin of sandplain

From sand + plain.

Words formed from sandplain

  • black sandplain buzzer
  • sandplain cypress
  • sandplain false foxglove
  • sandplain flax
  • sandplain gecko
  • sandhill heterocampa moth
  • sandplain lupine
  • sandplain mallee
  • sandplain poison
  • sandhill prominent
  • sandplain red gum
  • sandplain wattle
  • sandplain white spider orchid
  • sandplain woody pear
  • sandplain zamia

Questions about sandplain

What does sandplain mean?
Sandplain means an area whose surface consists of sand deposited from elsewhere by the wind or sea.
What part of speech is sandplain?
Sandplain is a noun.
What is the plural of sandplain?
The plural of sandplain is sandplains.

Words near sandplain in the dictionary

  1. sandpiper
  2. sandpipers
  3. sandpipes
  4. sandpit
  5. sandpits
  6. sandplain
  7. sandplain poison
  8. sandplains
  9. sandplay
  10. sandplay therapist
  11. sandplay therapists

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