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- noun A
sculpture made ofsand and resembling a miniaturecastle ; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We built a sandcastle in your honour. (then bee smashed it, but that was not a reflection of her feelings about such an auspicious occasion. smashing a sandcastle is just too tempting to pass up.) kittenpie Said,
OK, so tomorrow I’ll shut up about her birthday already… | Her Bad Mother 2006
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It's a home of sorts, occupied by a colony of Phragmatopoma californica, otherwise known as the sandcastle worm.
NYT > Home Page By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2010
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It's a home of sorts, occupied by a colony of Phragmatopoma californica, otherwise known as the sandcastle worm.
NYT > Home Page By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2010
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October 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm could be the answer to a long-sought medical adhesive, specially for repairing bones broken in battlefield injuries and car crashes.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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It's a home of sorts, occupied by a colony of Phragmatopoma californica, otherwise known as the sandcastle worm.
NYT > Home Page By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2010
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"Many smokers have successfully quit using a variety of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, yet there is little direct evidence on the relative efficacies of these different pharmacotherapies," says Megan E. October 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm could be the answer to a long-sought medical adhesive, specially for repairing bones broken in battlefield injuries and car crashes.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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WASHINGTON - In a major breakthrough, researchers have duplicated the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm, for developing a long-sought medical adhesive needed to repair bones shattered in battlefield injuries, car crashes and other accidents.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Scientists questing after a long-sought new medical adhesive describe copying the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning podcast series, "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions."
unknown title 2009
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The beach cake's "sandcastle" is a bit... suggestive.
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Can you make 'the sandbox' not just your 'sandcastle' go away, temporarily or forever?
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