Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling sand.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas

Etymologies

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sand +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Ducks and geese and one toy sailboat skimmed the glassy surface, creating sandlike ripples.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Ducks and geese and one toy sailboat skimmed the glassy surface, creating sandlike ripples.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Ducks and geese and one toy sailboat skimmed the glassy surface, creating sandlike ripples.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Unlike old-fashioned drills that cut into teeth, the new "" blasters '' use a tiny stream of sandlike particles to blow away decayed tooth enamel.

    Blow Your Cavities Away 2008

  • It just landed with a splonk,embedding itself in the goopy sandlike surface.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • It just landed with a splonk,embedding itself in the goopy sandlike surface.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • It just landed with a splonk,embedding itself in the goopy sandlike surface.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • In fact, I see a few remaining promontories, jutting out above the sandlike stuff.

    Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

  • It was red and of a sandlike consistency, apparently rich in iron because it had been formed of decomposed basalt, but lacking in other essentials.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • In some babies a diet containing beef juice or other highly nitrogenous food will produce the reddish cloud, or even actual, red, sandlike particles.

    The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler

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