: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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We wandered over the dunes.
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The labyrinth looked like something from a fantasy world—not unlike the Mines of Moria from Lord of the Rings, or Aladdin’s treasure cave among the dunes.
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Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
Ancient deposits of glacial sands carried downstream from the Sierra Nevada formed the dunes, shaped by the winds and tides, once reaching almost 120 feet tall and stretching some 800 feet inland.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
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Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
Ancient deposits of glacial sands carried downstream from the Sierra Nevada formed the dunes, shaped by the winds and tides, once reaching almost 120 feet tall and stretching some 800 feet inland.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for dune
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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dune
noun
: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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