sands

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/sændz/

noun

sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which

“We were lost in the sands of Arabia.”

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littorallitorallittoral zone
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Meanings

sands1

noun
  1. pluralplural of sand
  2. sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
  3. figurativelya unit of time.

    The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out.

  4. figurativelyan expanse of sand, as in a desert or on a sandy seashore.

    We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

    1 more example

    Most of the old fishermen's cottages have been unobtrusively modernised, the harbour is busy with summer yachts, and the sands are superb.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 140, about Cruden Bay
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-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).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

Similar
littorallitorallittoral zone
Broader
seashorecoastseacoast
Also see
litorallittorallittoral zone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish hiekka
  • hiekkafiguratively: desert

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ssdna
Cite this entry
APA

sands. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sands

MLA

“sands.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sands. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sands,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sands.

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