sandpit
A place or pit from which sand is excavatedA place or pit from which sand is excavated.
» That child dug a tunnel in the sandpit.
Этот ребенок вырыл тоннель в песочнице.
Meaning
3 sensesA place or pit from which sand is excavated.
a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.
Sandkasten
песо́чницаpesóčnica
a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East.
Examples
6 sentencesThat child dug a tunnel in the sandpit.
ruЭтот ребенок вырыл тоннель в песочнице. — sharptoothed
The children are playing in the sandpit.
The boys are still playing in the sandpit.
ruМальчики всё ещё играют в песочнице. — alik_farber
deDie Jungen spielen noch im Sandkasten. — Manfredo
Tom and Mary played in the sandpit together and made sand castles.
deTom und Maria spielten zusammen im Sandkasten und bauten Sandburgen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The sandpit has a slide, a swing, a see-saw, and nothing else.
deIm Sandkasten gibt es eine Rutsche, eine Schaukel und eine Wippe, sonst nichts. — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”)From Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand + pit.
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