Synonyms of sandbar

sandbar

noun

as in dune

a raised area of sand with a top that is near or just above the surface of the water in an ocean, lake, or river

We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.

Related Words

• dune
• embankment
• ridge
• bank
• shoal
• sandbank
• hill
• mountain
• towhead
• drift
• mound
• bar
• snowbank
• snowdrift
• tuft
• stack
• heap
• mass

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sandbar

The challenging sport in shallow flats gives guests unparalleled access to the many channels and sandbars that have essentially been unexplored by humans. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026

Beginners should reserve There and Back Again, a two- to four-hour paddle package that takes you from Bellaire to Intermediate Lake, with plenty of time for swimming and hanging out on a sandbar. — Kristin Hagenson, Midwest Living, 22 July 2026

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

Five people were rescued from the Long Island Sound in Milford after some of them became trapped on a sandbar and others jumped in to help. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026