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Meanings of sandbar 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.

Spanish
banco de arena

A bar of sand.

banco de arena
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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...
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There are usually many pollock on the shoal in fall and winter.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
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Unfortunately the shoal of fish did not remain long in our vicinity.
The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passeng...
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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...
Usage of sandbar in English
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He could make out a sandbar about 100 feet across the water.
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
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A ship rode at anchor in the deep water near the sandbar.
Bones of the Dragon
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Only recently the Corps had pronounced the sandbar a permanent, immovable barrier.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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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
6
The boat shuddered as if we'd ground the keel over a sandbar.
The red pyramid
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On the sandbar midstream, the willows sway in the chill spring breeze.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
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And at Southwest Pass, nature provided 14 feet of water over the sandbar.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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She saw her father and brother fishing from a sandbar in the lagoon.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
10
At fourteen miles, we encamped on a sandbar to the north.
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis an...
11
Just around the point, across the rocky beach and the sandbar.
Cry for the strangers
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A mile or two below town we run on a sandbar.
Canyons of the Colorado
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Once the barges were full, tugs towed them to the sandbar.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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Down the creek a piece-yuhmind where that old sandbar runs half across?
The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories
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It was low today; a yellow sandbar had reduced its flow to a trickle.
Go Set a Watchman
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The sandbar was a relatively young one, bereft of trees.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
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