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# sandbank

«sandbank» in Mova's school dictionary: **a raised area of sand in a river, at the coast or in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sandbank, sandbanks)

### meaning for a pupil

A sandbank is a raised area of sand in a river, at the coast or in the sea, which may be hidden under the water at high tide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography sandbanks form where moving water drops the sand it carries (deposition), in rivers, estuaries and along coasts. In water safety they are dangerous: boats can run aground and people walking out to them can be cut off by the rising tide. Seals often rest on sandbanks. Phrases: «run aground on a sandbank», «cut off on a sandbank».

### examples

- The boat got stuck on a sandbank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#x1)
- Seals were lying on the sandbank at low tide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#x2)
- The sandbank disappeared under the water as the tide came in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#x3)
- Never walk out to a sandbank when the tide is turning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#x4)
- Rivers drop sand to make sandbanks where the water slows down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#x5)
- The lifeboat rescued a family cut off on a sandbank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#x6)
- Ships use maps that show where the sandbanks are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#x7)
- The children built a castle on the sandbank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a sandbank». One word. Similar: «sandbar», «shoal». Safety: tides can come in faster than you can walk, so check tide times.

### In the corpora

- [Know the tide times; the rising sea can cut you off on rocks, sandbanks or around cliffs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/14/)
- [The tide comes in across flat sand faster than you can walk and fills channels behind you first, cutting off sandbanks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sandbank» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sandbank/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.