sandy
adjective
1.
composed of or covered with relatively large particles
- “granular sugar”
- “gritty sand”
2.
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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