sandcastle

English

a sandcastle

Etymology

sand +‎ castle

Pronunciation

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Noun

sandcastle (plural sandcastles)

1. A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach.
   • 2023 June 14, Philip Haigh, “Landslips: NR strives to turn back the tide”, in RAIL, number 985, page 32:

     Children learn the importance of water in soil mechanics from an early age. They learn on the beach while making sandcastles. When they use dry sand, their castle flows into a heap even as they lift the bucket. The particles of sand have no cohesion and little friction between them.

Derived terms

• sandcastler
• sandcastling

Translations

a sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle

• Afrikaans: sandkasteel
• Catalan: castell de sorra m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙堡 (zh) (shābǎo), 沙塔 (shātǎ), (figurative) 空中樓閣／空中楼阁 (zh) (kōngzhōnglóugé)

• Czech: hrad z písku m
• Danish: sandslot n
• Dutch: zandkasteel (nl) n
• Esperanto: sabloburgo
• Finnish: hiekkalinna (fi)
• French: château de sable (fr) m
• German: Sandburg (de) f
• Hungarian: homokvár (hu)
• Ido: sablokastelo
• Irish: caisleán gainimh m
• Italian: castello di sabbia m
• Japanese: 砂の城 (すなのしろ, suna no shiro), 砂上の楼閣 (さじょうのろうかく, sajō no rōkaku)
• Korean: 모래성 (ko) (moraeseong)
• Latvian: smilšu pils f
• Norman: châté dé sablion m
• Polish: zamek z piasku (pl) m, babka z piasku (pl) f, babka (pl) f
• Portuguese: castelo de areia (pt) m
• Romanian: castel de nisip n
• Russian: песча́ный за́мок m (pesčányj zámok)
• Scottish Gaelic: caisteal-gainmhich m
• Spanish: castillo de arena m
• Swedish: sandslott (sv) n
• Turkish: kumdan kale
• Vietnamese: lâu đài cát

See also

• bucket and spade
• Wikipedia article on sandcastles