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Meanings of sandbank in English

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A somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles.

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Examples for "shoal"
Examples for "shoal"
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Then the nets are put out in the path of the shoal.
Within the Deep / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII...
2
The water was shoal and the Indians waded off to the boats.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora / Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of...
3
A shoal of naked-shouldered men are swimming and splashing in the surf.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22...
4
There are usually many pollock on the shoal in fall and winter.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
5
Unfortunately the shoal of fish did not remain long in our vicinity.
The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passeng...
1
He could make out a sandbar about 100 feet across the water.
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
2
A ship rode at anchor in the deep water near the sandbar.
Bones of the Dragon
3
Only recently the Corps had pronounced the sandbar a permanent, immovable barrier.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
4
The water from the shoreline to the sandbar was only about hip-deep.
Secret of the Dragon
5
Much to our satisfaction, a parking-lot-sized sandbar appeared adjacent to the towers.
Climbing Magazine
Usage of sandbank in English
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They did not see Miss Van Tuyn and Craven on the sandbank.
December Love
2
Get out the sculls, Venning, and keep her towards the sandbank ahead.
In Search of the Okapi / A Story of Adventure in Central Africa
3
There is probably an entrance to some canal behind the moving sandbank.
The Vultures
4
On the southeast side, towards the north, was seen a great sandbank.
History of the Philippine Islands
5
We'll pass his dehydrated keister on the side of a Mojave sandbank.
The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
6
She came down from the sandbank very slowly, with careless, loitering steps.
The Odd Women
7
Here we were detained for some time, by grounding upon a sandbank.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
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Today his reading got us in trouble: he ran aground on a sandbank.
Conquest of the Useless
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We at last came to a large sandbank, probably two miles in circumference.
Wanderings in South America
10
On the morning of the 21st she grounded on a sandbank and filled.
Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Sta...
11
Some stuck in the sandbank, inside of which we were making our way.
In the Wilds of Africa
12
The sandbank was called Haul-round Islet and the island Entrance Island.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
13
In the evening, we were again stuck fast upon a sandbank.
A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
14
When our boats shove off for the sandbank have the forecastle gun fired.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
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The right cotton-shrub grows here also, but not on the sandbank.
A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
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I suppose they will want to take him on the sandbank.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
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