Sand

Quick meaning: Sand is a noun meaning (uncountable, dated) Personal courage.

Meaning

(uncountable, dated) Personal courage.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
2. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
3. (countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
4. (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
5. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
6. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
7. (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Example Sentences

Cf. sands of time (idiom)

One sand another. Not more resembles that sweet rosy lad

“We are addicted to sand but don’t know it because we don’t buy it as individuals,” says Aurora Torres, […]

China’s hunger for sand is insatiable, its biggest dredging site at Lake Poyang produces 989,000 tonnes per day.

Word Forms

• sands
• sanding
• sanded

Synonyms for sand

Depending on context, synonyms include grit, gumption, backbone, sandpaper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grit, sandpaper, backbone, gumption, bituminous, clay.

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