dune

noun

Definition of dunenext
as in ridge

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Recent Examples of dune Spend a day at Cape Charles Beach, explore freshwater wetlands and a maritime dune woodland at Cape Charles Natural Area Preserve, and get some shopping in at Peach Street Books, Gull Hummock Gourmet Market, and Moonrise Jewelry. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026 The exception is the second-story primary suite, a serendipitous loophole afforded by a rise in the dune. — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026 In Santa Monica, the nonprofit built the first dune habitat in 2016, covering about three acres near the Annenberg Beach House. — Marina Jurica, CBS News, 23 June 2026 Already, the dune had swallowed up the northern part of the parking lot along with trees and other obstacles in its way. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dune
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dune
  1. ridge
  2. embankment
  3. shoal
  4. sandbar
  5. sandbank
  6. bank
Noun
  • Instead, his shot cleared a shrubby ridge and rolled to the first cut for a short chip.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Rain chances on Thursday decrease to 20% as a ridge of high pressure begins to build into the area from the east, ending rain chances Friday into the weekend.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of ridge
Noun
  • The crash is the second time someone has plunged their vehicle over the same embankment and died.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • Members of the Baker County team set up a system of ropes and rappelled themselves down a steep embankment off the road to access the river, police said.
    — Kevin Fixler July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
Definition of embankment
Noun
  • The South China Sea tribunal in 2016 in the Hague has ruled that China cannot legally occupy the shoal.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • The assumption is that Lohar will either abandon pursuit or accidentally run the Bitchfist aground on the toothy shoals.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
Definition of shoal
Noun
  • Even the idyllic island on which the nymph Calypso (Charlize Theron) is keeping an amnesiac Odysseus when the film begins is depicted as a windswept sandbar that looks in danger of being washed away by a strong-enough storm.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026
  • His attorneys contend the containers found on Pino’s boat were collected from other friends’ vessels partying with them on the sandbar that day.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Definition of sandbar
Noun
  • Special meals can be provided on a sandbank or a deserted beach.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • Hippos grunt and grumble in the shallows, crocodiles sunbathe on sandbanks, elephants appear along the banks, while fish eagles call overhead as sunset approaches.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Definition of sandbank
Noun
  • Its proximity to Russian military positions only two miles away on the other bank of the Dnipro River means that civilians face a heightened risk of attacks by short-range Russian drones.
    — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • For brands, banks, airports and travel companies, that shift is creating a new battleground for loyalty.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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