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sandbank


sand·bank

noun \ˈsan(d)-ˌbaŋk\

Definition of SANDBANK

: a large deposit of sand forming a mound, hillside, bar, or shoal
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Examples of SANDBANK

  1. The ship ran aground on a sandbank.

First Known Use of SANDBANK

15th century

Rhymes with SANDBANK

claybank, Cruikshank, drop tank, embank, eye bank, Firbank, flag rank, foreshank, gangplank, greenshank, land bank, left-bank, nonbank, outflank, outrank, pickthank, point-blank, redshank, sheepshank, snowbank, state bank, think tank, West Bank

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