Meaning

2 senses
  1. A pile of sand.

    Near-synonym: sandhill

    a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in

  2. Any of several models in which a series of connected nodes interact with their neighbours according to fixed rules.

Origin

From sand + pile.

From sand + pile.

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Forms

plural: sandpiles
Singularsandpile
Pluralsandpiles

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in:sandboxsandpit

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsandbox

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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