sandy
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- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈsændi/
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/ˈsændi/ · /ˈsæn.di/
Definition of sandy
15 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Covered with sand.
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adj
- Covered with sand.
- Sprinkled with sand.
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Containing sand.
“Some plants grow best in sandy soil.”
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Like sand, especially in texture.
“Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.”
- Having the colour of sand.
noun
- (informal)A sandwich
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal)Ellipsis of pecan sandy.
- (Geordie, derogatory, diminutive, form-of)Diminutive of Sand Dancer
- (slang)A Scotsman.
- (US)The callsign of an aircraft participating in CAS (close air support)
- (US)The callsign of an aircraft participating in CAS (close air support)
name
- A unisex given name from diminutives
- A unisex given name from diminutives
- A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1649).
- A settlement in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales, just west of Llanelli town (OS grid ref SN4900).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).
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