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sandplains

sandplains is the plural of sandplain.

Meaning of sandplain

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

Questions about sandplains

What is sandplains the plural of?
Sandplains is the plural of sandplain.

Words near sandplains in the dictionary

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

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