sandbank
A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard…A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.
» The ship is stranded on a sandbank.
Das Schiff ist auf einer Sandbank gestrandet.
Meaning
1 sensesA ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.
Sandbank
ба́нкаbánka, о́тмельótmelʹ
a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide
Examples
5 sentencesThe ship is stranded on a sandbank.
deDas Schiff ist auf einer Sandbank gestrandet.
The ship ran into a sandbank offshore.
deDas Schiff ist in Küstennähe auf eine Sandbank aufgelaufen.
The ship has run into a sandbank offshore.
deDas Schiff ist in Küstennähe auf eine Sandbank aufgelaufen.
The ship hit a sandbank.
Saltwater crocodiles are thought to pose little danger to the whales unless the humpbacks become stranded on a sandbank.
Translations
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Origin
From sand + bank. Compare Dutch zandbank (“sandbank, shoal”), German Sandbank (“sandbank,From sand + bank. Compare Dutch zandbank (“sandbank, shoal”), German Sandbank (“sandbank, sandbar, shoal”), Swedish sandbank (“sandbank, bar”).
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