Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek θίς
- θίς (thís)ridge of sand
Bulgarian пясъчна плитчина
- пясъчна плитчина (pjasăčna plitčina)ridge of sand
Catalan banc de sorra
- banc de sorraridge of sand
Chinese Mandarin 沙洲
- 沙洲 (shāzhōu)ridge of sand
Czech písčina
- písčinaridge of sand
Danish sandbanke
- sandbankeridge of sand
Dutch zandbank
- zandbankridge of sand
French banc de sable
- banc de sableridge of sand
German Sandbank
- Sandbankridge of sand
Irish oitir
- oitirridge of sand
Japanese 砂州
- 砂州 (sasu)ridge of sand
Korean 사주
- 사주 (saju)ridge of sand
Latin syrtis, pulvīnus
- syrtisridge of sand
- pulvīnusridge of sand
Māori tāhuna, ranga
- tāhunaridge of sand
- rangaridge of sand
- tāhuna onepūridge of sand
Norwegian Bokmål sandbanke
- sandbankeridge of sand
Polish ławica piaskowa, mielizna
- ławica piaskowaridge of sand
- mieliznaridge of sand
Portuguese banco de areia
- banco de areiaridge of sand
Punjabi ਬਰੇਤਾ
- ਬਰੇਤਾ (baretā)ridge of sand
Russian ба́нка, о́тмель
- ба́нка (bánka)ridge of sand
- о́тмель (ótmelʹ)ridge of sand
Scottish Gaelic oitir
- oitirridge of sand
Spanish banco de arena, banco arenoso / arenáceo / arenisco
- banco de arenaridge of sand
- banco arenoso / arenáceo / areniscoridge of sand
Swedish sandbank
- sandbankridge of sand
Welsh traethell, banc tywod
- traethellridge of sand
- banc tywodridge of sand
Cite this entry
APA
sandbank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbank
MLA
“sandbank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbank. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sandbank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandbank.
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