sand
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
Other meanings
A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
A beach or other mass of sand.
A kind of
- soil
Kinds of sand
- quartz sand
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sand".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sand” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.