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Sand dune   /sænd dun/   Listen
Sand dune

noun
1.
A ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans.  Synonym: dune.






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"Sand dune" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Fox Quarternight, getting in the first cast, caught him by the two front feet and threw him heavily. Before he could rise, several of us had dismounted and were sitting on him like buzzards on carrion. McCann then drove the team around behind a sand dune, out of sight; we released the beef, and he was glad to return to the herd, quite ...
— The Log of a Cowboy - A Narrative of the Old Trail Days • Andy Adams

... soft place behind a sand dune. She reared upon the dune a dark green parasol with a white border, and patted sand around the curved handle until it was, as she thought, firmly placed. Then she settled her skirts comfortably and opened her ...
— Flower of the Dusk • Myrtle Reed



Words linked to "Sand dune" :   ridge, seif dune



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