sandbar
noun
sand·bar
ˈsan(d)-ˌbär 
: a ridge of sand built up by currents especially in a river or in coastal waters
Examples of sandbar in a Sentence
We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
Recent Examples on the Web
Quick facts about American Safari Camp Established: 2010 Areas of Operation: Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Montana
Company Motto: Leave no trace
Wildest place tent pitched: A sandbar in the middle of the Colorado River
This article appeared in the April 2024 issue of Condé Nast Traveler.
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Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2024
On Sunday morning, the Venice Police Department announced that the local beach Service Club Park would be closed after a 44-foot-long male sperm whale had beached itself on a sandbar, according to the City of Venice.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Intended to help navigate the shallow waters of Western rivers, and possibly inspired by Lincoln’s own experience getting stuck on a sandbar on a journey back to Illinois, the design was never manufactured.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
The City of Venice said the whale is located on a sandbar about 50 yards out from Service Club Park.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
As the spoonbills prance on sandbars, a reddish egret performs a vaudeville-style dance to stir up fish.
—Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Over the last few decades, China has built up tiny reefs and sandbars far from its shores across the waterway into artificial islands heavily fortified with missiles, runways and weapons systems – sparking outcry from the other claimants.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
At low tide, people at the beach can walk quite far into the ocean and meander along exposed sandbars.
—USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
Nigeria created a sculpted sandbar in a suburb of Lagos in 2018, and the United Kingdom built a shifting sand barrier to protect a natural gas terminal in the coastal town of Bacton the following year.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2024
On Sunday morning, the Venice Police Department announced that the local beach Service Club Park would be closed after a 44-foot-long male sperm whale had beached itself on a sandbar, according to the City of Venice.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Intended to help navigate the shallow waters of Western rivers, and possibly inspired by Lincoln’s own experience getting stuck on a sandbar on a journey back to Illinois, the design was never manufactured.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
The City of Venice said the whale is located on a sandbar about 50 yards out from Service Club Park.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
As the spoonbills prance on sandbars, a reddish egret performs a vaudeville-style dance to stir up fish.
—Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Over the last few decades, China has built up tiny reefs and sandbars far from its shores across the waterway into artificial islands heavily fortified with missiles, runways and weapons systems – sparking outcry from the other claimants.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
At low tide, people at the beach can walk quite far into the ocean and meander along exposed sandbars.
—USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
Nigeria created a sculpted sandbar in a suburb of Lagos in 2018, and the United Kingdom built a shifting sand barrier to protect a natural gas terminal in the coastal town of Bacton the following year.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1766, in the meaning defined above
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbar. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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sandbar
noun
sand·bar
-ˌbär
: a ridge of sand formed in water by tides or currents
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