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1 a: a loose granular material that results from the disintegration of rocks, consists of particles smaller than gravel but coarser than silt, and is used in mortar, glass, abrasives, and foundry molds b: soil containing 85 percent or more of sand and a maximum of 10 percent of clay
; broadly : sandy soil2 a: a tract of sand : beach b: a sandbank or sandbar3: the sand in an hourglass
; also : the moments of a lifetime —usually used in plural <the sands of this government run out very rapidly
— H. J. Laski>4: an oil-producing formation of sandstone or unconsolidated sand5: firm resolution6: a yellowish-gray color
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