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sands¹

  • /sændz/

noun

  1. plural plural of sand
  2. sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
  3. figuratively a unit of time. The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out.
  4. figuratively an expanse of sand, as in a desert or on a sandy seashore. We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of sand

Sands²

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.
  3. A western suburb and ward in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8393).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: littoral zone, littoral, litoral, sandy, bitumen, beach, sables, sable, beetle, arenas, corks, sandstorms, sidewinders, granules, grains, sediment

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@misc{sands_2026,
  title = {sands},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sands},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}