My boat ran aground on a sandbar.
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Sandbar
//ˈsændˌbɑɹ//
Synonyms for "sandbar" (51 found)
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Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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Translations
28 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ضحضاح ماء noun (ridge of sand)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пясъчен нанос noun (ridge of sand)
Catalan
1 entries- banc de sorra noun (ridge of sand)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 汀 noun (ridge of sand)
- 沙洲 noun (ridge of sand)
Danish
1 entries- sandbanke noun (ridge of sand)
Dutch
1 entries- zandbank noun (ridge of sand)
Finnish
1 entries- särkkä noun (ridge of sand)
Galician
4 entries- ariño noun (ridge of sand)
- barra noun (ridge of sand)
- brica noun (ridge of sand)
- feneiro noun (ridge of sand)
German
1 entries- Sandbank noun (ridge of sand)
Irish
2 entries- guaire noun (ridge of sand)
- oitir noun (ridge of sand)
Lü
1 entries- ᦶᦉᧃᦌᦻ noun (ridge of sand)
Māori
1 entries- wāhi kirikiri noun (ridge of sand)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طوپوق noun (ridge of sand)
Polish
2 entries- mielizna noun (ridge of sand)
- ławica piaskowa noun (ridge of sand)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- oitir noun (ridge of sand)
Spanish
1 entries- sirte noun (ridge of sand)
Thai
1 entries- สันดอน noun (ridge of sand)
Turkish
1 entries- kumluk noun (ridge of sand)
Welsh
2 entries- banc tywod noun (ridge of sand)
- traethell noun (ridge of sand)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The ship ran aground on a sandbar.
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The ship hit a sandbar.
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We hit a sandbar.
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