sandbank

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

sandbank (plural sandbanks)

1. A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.

Synonyms

• shoal
• sandbar
• sandridge

Translations

ridge of sand

• Breton: traezhenn (br) f
• Danish: sandbanke (da) c
• Dutch: zandbank (nl)
• French: banc de sable (fr)
• German: Sandbank (de) f
• Igbo: ubòm
• Jèrriais: banc d'sablion m
• Maori: tāhuna (mi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sandbanke (no) m

  Nynorsk: sandbanke (nn) m

• Portuguese: banco de areia (pt) m
• Russian: ба́нка (ru) (bánka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: oitir (gd) f
• Serbian: prud, prudište
• Swedish: sandbank (sv) c