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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Examples
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Ducks and geese and one toy sailboat skimmed the glassy surface, creating sandlike ripples.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Ducks and geese and one toy sailboat skimmed the glassy surface, creating sandlike ripples.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Ducks and geese and one toy sailboat skimmed the glassy surface, creating sandlike ripples.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Unlike old-fashioned drills that cut into teeth, the new "" blasters '' use a tiny stream of sandlike particles to blow away decayed tooth enamel.
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It just landed with a splonk,embedding itself in the goopy sandlike surface.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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It just landed with a splonk,embedding itself in the goopy sandlike surface.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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It just landed with a splonk,embedding itself in the goopy sandlike surface.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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In fact, I see a few remaining promontories, jutting out above the sandlike stuff.
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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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
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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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