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Sandpit
//ˈsænd.pɪt// noun
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Noun
- 1 A place or pit from which sand is excavated.
- 2 a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in wordnet
- 3 A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.
- 4 a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug wordnet
- 5 A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East.
"Originally designed to illustrate Kuwait and the oil pipelines, the 'sandpit', based on maps and photographs to a scale of 1:1,000,000, was extended to include other countries."
Etymology
From Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand + pit.
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