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sandy

UK/ˈsæn.di/ US/ˈsændi/ common informal slang us

adjective

1.

composed of or covered with relatively large particles

  • “granular sugar”
  • “gritty sand”
2.

(used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency

  • “light sandy soil”
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3.

of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

  • “flaxen locks”
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4.

resembling or containing sand; or growing in sandy areas

  • “arenaceous limestone”
  • “arenaceous grasses”
5.

abounding in sand

  • “Florida”
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Origin

* (Bedfordshire): Recorded as Sandeie in the Domesday Book, the town is named with Old English sand (“sand”) + īeġ (“island”). Doublet of Sanday. * (Carmarthenshire): From Welsh sant + dŷ (“house of the saint”) * (Tyneside (Geordie)): sand + -y

Phrases

  • Great Sandy Desert
  • pecan sandy
  • Sand Dancer
  • Sandy Bay
  • sandy blight
  • sandy blind mole rat
  • sandy blind mole-rat
  • sandy carpet
  • Sandy Cay
  • Sandy Claus

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