sand dune

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sand dune

noun sand dunes

  1. A large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts. So enfeebled was resolution in him that he could only palter at a fatuous picture of himself carrying Podson bodily over the lagoon and dumping him on the sand dunes.

    Similar: dune, towan

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noun mound of windblown sand

Españolduna de arena
한국어둔치 dunchi, 모래톱 moraetop, 사구 sagu
日本語砂丘 sakyū
中文沙丘 shāqiū
Kiswahilituta la mchanga
Portuguêsduna de areia
Françaisdune de sable
DeutschWanderdüne
Italianoduna di sabbia, duna
Ελληνικάαμμόλοφος ammólofos
Русскийпесчаная дю́на pesčanaja djúna

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@misc{sand_dune_2026,
  title = {sand dune},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sand%20dune},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}