sandpit

English

Alternative forms

• sand pit

Etymology

From Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand +‎ pit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sændpɪt/

Noun

sandpit (plural sandpits)

1. a place or pit from which sand is excavated.
2. a children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.

   Synonym: sandbox

Translations

place where sand is excavated

• Latin: harēnāria f
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children's play area

• Czech: pískoviště (cs) n
• Dutch: zandbak (nl)
• Esperanto: sabloludejo, sablokesto
• Finnish: hiekkalaatikko (fi)
• French: bac à sable (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} carré de sable (fr) m
• German: Sandkasten (de) m
• Hungarian: homokozó (hu)
• Norwegian: sandkasse (no) f
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• Polish: piaskownica (pl) f
• Portuguese: caixa de areia (pt) f
• Russian: песо́чница (ru) f (pesóčnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пешчара f

  Roman: peščara (sh) f

• Swedish: sandlåda (sv) c

Anagrams

• Pandits, pandits