SANDBANKS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word sandbanks. (close relations)
Definition of SANDBANKS
Best Alternative Words for SANDBANKS
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bank | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) • a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities • a long ridge or pile • an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers • a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) • the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games • a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force • a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home • a building in which the business of banking is transacted • a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) verb • tip laterally • enclose with a bank • do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank • act as the banker in a game or in gambling • be in the banking business • put into a bank account • cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning • have faith or confidence in | ||||||||
beach | nounn | |||||||
noun • an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake verb • land on a beach | ||||||||
coastline | nounn | |||||||
noun • the outline of a coast | ||||||||
dune | nounn | |||||||
noun • a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans | ||||||||
foreshore | nounn | |||||||
noun • the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark | ||||||||
littoral | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to a coastal or shore region noun • the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | ||||||||
seashore | nounn | |||||||
noun • the shore of a sea or ocean | ||||||||
shore | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the land along the edge of a body of water • a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support verb • serve as a shore to • arrive on shore • support by placing against something solid or rigid | ||||||||
strand | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole • a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels • line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable • a necklace made by stringing objects together • a very slender natural or synthetic fiber • a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) verb • leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue • drive (a vessel) ashore • bring to the ground | ||||||||
shoal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide • a stretch of shallow water • a large group of fish verb • make shallow • become shallow |