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sand

 [sand]
material occurring in fine gritty particles.
brain sand sandy matter about the pineal gland and other parts of the brain.
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sand

(sand),
The fine, granular particles of quartz and other crystalline rocks, or a gritty material resembling sand.
[A.S.]
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sand

(sand)
The fine granular particles of quartz and other crystalline rocks, or a gritty material resembling sand.
[A.S.]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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The region's senior HM Coastguard officer, Stewart Bryden, said: "We found the man on a sandbank and managed to establish communication to tell him to stay there but we were concerned that he would become trapped or try to move off and become trapped in mud.
The lifeboat was taken by road to Greenfield where it launched and proceeded to the catamaran which was soon located with two persons on board high and dry on the sandbank.
Bramble Bank is a wellknown sandbank in Southampton Water and is the scene of an annual cricket match between two yachting clubs when the sands are exposed in low spring tides.
Schmidt knew she couldn't have chickens with the dog she used to have, and Sandbank had to gradually and carefully introduce her chickens and her cats.
A Criccieth RNLI spoKsesman said: "We received a call at 5.15pm (on Tuesday) to say five people were stranded on a sandbanK. The five, from the Telford area, including a teenage boy and girl, got caught out by the tide after wading out into the water in Sansom's Bay, between Borth-y-Gest and BlacK RocK Sands, Morfa Bychan, Gw ynedd.
The 'Irtysh 1' has been stuck on the sandbank under Foros Cape close to the 'Kraimorie' neighborhood, since 06:45 after the breaking anchor was reported at 06:20, Captain Zhivko Petrov, head of the Maritime Administration-Burgas, reported.
A lifeguard from Birmingham has been hailed a hero after helping to rescue 36 children and four adults who plunged into the sea when a sandbank collapsed at Tenby in Pembrokeshire.
Jon Johnson, aged 21 and from Selly Oak, was one of a three-man team who pulled the party to safety when a sandbank collapsed on the coast near Tenby, west Wales.
THE Caerphilly-based leader of a 36-strong youth group which had to be rescued from a collapsed sandbank has defended the team-building "paddling" exercises.
THREE lifeguards saved 36 children and four adults yesterday when the sandbank they were on collapsed into the sea.
The term "sandbank" is used frequently to describe the coastal atmospheres, especially in the botanical sense, designating an arboreal-shrubby vegetation of open pattern characteristic of the Brazilian coast, known as "Restinga" vegetation (Suguio and Tessler 1984).
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