Meanings
sandy1
comparative sandier · superlative sandiest
- Sprinkled with sand.
- Containing sand.
Some plants grow best in sandy soil.
- Like sand, especially in texture.
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC - Having the colour of sand.
plural sandies
- informalA sandwich
- abbreviationellipsisinformalEllipsis of pecan sandy.
Sandy2
plural Sandys · plural Sandies · alternative Sandi · alternative Sandie
- A unisex given name from diminutives
- A diminutive of the male given names Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandeep, Sanford, and Santiago.
- A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, and Cassandra.
Sandy3
- A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1649).
- A settlement in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales, just west of Llanelli town (OS grid ref SN4900).
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Clackamas County, Oregon.
- A city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
- A former unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, now flooded.
Sandy4
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveresembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
sandy · adjective, noun
- Old Englishsandiġ“sandy”
- Middle Englishsandi
- Englishsandy
From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Sandy · proper noun, noun
- Welshsant + dŷ“house of the saint”
- Old Englishsand“sand”
- EnglishSandy
* (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
More words from Old English, Welsh
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀμμώδης
- ἀμμώδης (ammṓdēs)covered with sand
Basque hareatsua
- hareatsuacovered with sand
Bulgarian песъчли́в, песъчли́в
- песъчли́в (pesăčlív)covered with sand
- песъчли́в (pesăčlív)containing sand
- пя́съчен (pjásăčen)like sand
Catalan sorrenc, sorrenc
- sorrenccovered with sand
- sorrenclike sand
- vermellóssand-coloured
Danish sandet, sandfarvet
- sandetcovered with sand
- sandfarvetsand-coloured
Dutch zanderig, zandkleurig
- zanderigcovered with sand
- zandkleurigsand-coloured
Esperanto sabla
- sablacovered with sand
Finnish hiekkainen, hiekkamainen
- hiekkainencovered with sand
- hiekkamainenlike sand
- hiekanvärinensand-coloured
German sandig, sandfarben
- sandigcovered with sand
- sandfarbensand-coloured
Greek αμμώδης, αμμώδης
- αμμώδης (ammódis)covered with sand
- αμμώδης (ammódis)like sand
- αμμοειδής (ammoeidís)like sand
Hindi बलुआ
- बलुआ (baluā)containing sand
Hungarian homokos
- homokoscovered with sand
Icelandic sendinn
- sendinncovered with sand
Irish gainmheach, fionnrua
- gainmheachcontaining sand
- fionnruasand-coloured
Latin harēnōsus, harēnōsus
- harēnōsuscovered with sand
- harēnōsuslike sand
Latvian smilšains, smilšains
- smilšainscovered with sand
- smilšainslike sand
Lithuanian smėlėtas, smėlio spalvos
- smėlėtascovered with sand
- smėlio spalvossand-coloured
Norwegian sandfarget
- sandfargetsand-coloured
Norwegian Bokmål sandholdig
- sandholdigcontaining sand
Polish piaszczysty
- piaszczystycovered with sand
Portuguese areado, arenado
- areadocovered with sand
- arenadocovered with sand
- areosolike sand
- arenososand-coloured
Romanian nisipos, arinos
- nisiposcovered with sand
- arinoscovered with sand
- nisiposlike sand
- arinoslike sand
- nisipiusand-coloured
Russian песо́чный, песча́ный
- песо́чный (pesóčnyj)covered with sand
- песча́ный (pesčányj)covered with sand
- песо́чный (pesóčnyj)containing sand
- песча́ный (pesčányj)containing sand
- песо́чный (pesóčnyj)like sand
- песча́ный (pesčányj)like sand
- песо́чный (pesóčnyj)sand-coloured
Spanish arenoso, arenoso
- arenosocovered with sand
- arenosolike sand
Swedish sandig, sandfärgad
- sandigcovered with sand
- sandfärgadsand-coloured
Turkish kumlu, kumlu
- kumlucovered with sand
- kumlucontaining sand
- kumsulike sand
Ukrainian піща́ний, піща́ний
- піща́ний (piščányj)covered with sand
- піща́ний (piščányj)like sand
- піща́ний (piščányj)sand-coloured
Yiddish זאַמדיק
- זאַמדיק (zamdik)covered with sand
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sandy
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Cite this entry
sandy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandy
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