sandbar
pronunciation
How to pronounce sandbar in British English:
UK [ˈsændbɑ:(r)]
How to pronounce sandbar in American English:
US [ˈsændˌbɑr]
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- Noun:
- a bar of sand
Word Origin
- sandbar (n.)
- 1755, from sand (n.) + bar (n.1).
Example
- 1. It is basically a long sandbar only a few feet above the gulf of mexico .
- 2. Growing crops on the sandbar therefore provides an opportunity for landlessfamilies to access common property resources .
- 3. On the lao side , a wide sandbar called don chan island halves the distance from riverbank to riverbank .
- 4. Photograph by joel sartore a sandbar divides the chukchi sea , at left , from the kasegaluk lagoon , right , near north slope , alaska .
- 5. Earlier last year , brin got hitched on a sandbar in the bahamas ; rumor has it that the bachelor party involved kite surfing on the coast of greenland .