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.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. A single particle of such stone.
- noun. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Courage; pluck; grit.
- transitive verb. To sprinkle or cover with sand.
- transitive verb. To drive upon the sand.
- transitive verb. To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
- transitive verb. To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
- noun. fortitude and determination
"he didn't have the guts to try it"
- noun. French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
- noun. a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- verb. rub with sandpaper
"sandpaper the wooden surface"
Synonyms
backbone, grit, gumption, guts, moxie, sandpaper
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sand:
Common word forms
sands, sandal, sanded, sander, sanding, sandable, sandless
Words from these letters
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