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sand
sand is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 13 senses
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- 1noun
Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
- 2noun
A single particle of such stone.
- 3noun
The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
- 4noun
Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
- 5noun
Courage; pluck; grit.
- 6transitive verb
To sprinkle or cover with sand.
- 7transitive verb
To drive upon the sand.
- 8transitive verb
To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
- 9transitive verb
To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
- 10noun
fortitude and determination
"he didn't have the guts to try it"
- 11noun
French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
- 12noun
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- 13verb
rub with sandpaper
"sandpaper the wooden surface"
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