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Sandbank

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.
  2. 2
    a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide wordnet

Etymology

From sand + bank. Compare Dutch zandbank (“sandbank, shoal”), German Sandbank (“sandbank, sandbar, shoal”), Swedish sandbank (“sandbank, bar”).

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