sandbar

See also: sand bar

English

Alternative forms

• sand bar

Etymology

sand +‎ bar

Noun

sandbar (plural sandbars)

1. A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.

Translations

ridge of sand

• Arabic: ضحضاح ماء‎ m (ḍaḥḍāḥ māʾ)
• Bulgarian: пясъчен нанос (pjasǎčen nanos)
• Catalan: banc de sorra m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙洲 (zh) (shāzhōu)

• Dutch: zandbank (nl)
• Galician: barra f, restinga (gl) f, sirte m, ariño m, brica f, feneiro m
• German: Sandbank (de) f

• Irish: oitir f, guaire m
• Maori: wāhi kirikiri
• Polish: mielizna (pl) f, mielizny f pl
• Scottish Gaelic: oitir f
• Welsh: traethell f, banc tywod m

Anagrams

• bandars