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Dictionary: sand·bar   (sănd'bär') pronunciation
n.
A ridge of sand formed in a river or along a shore by the action of waves or currents.


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Submerged or partly exposed ridge of sand or coarse sediment that is built by waves offshore from a beach. The swirling turbulence of waves breaking off a beach excavates a trough in the sandy bottom. Some of this sand is carried forward onto the beach and the rest is deposited on the offshore flank of the trough. Sand suspended in the backwash and in rip currents adds to the bar, as does some sand moving shoreward from deeper water. The bar's top is kept below still-water level by the plunge of the waves breaking over it.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a bar of sand
  Synonym: sand bar


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - revle

Nederlands (Dutch)
zandplaat, drempel

Français (French)
n. - barre de sable

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sandbank

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γεωγρ.) αμμοσύρτις, πάγκος

Italiano (Italian)
cordone litorale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - banco de areia (m)

Русский (Russian)
наносный песчаный остров, перекат, отмель

Español (Spanish)
n. - banco de arena

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sandrev

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
沙洲

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 沙洲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모래톱

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 砂洲, 砂堆, 砂州

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أمتداد رملي مرتفع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שרטון בשפך נהר, חולית‬


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