| SANDALS | • sandals n. Plural of sandal. • SANDAL v. to dress in light open shoes. |
| SANDBAG | • sandbag n. A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding… • sandbag n. A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel. • sandbag n. An engraver’s leather cushion, etc. |
| SANDBAR | • sandbar n. A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore. • sand␣bar n. Alternative spelling of sandbar. • SANDBAR n. a ridge of sand formed in a river or the sea. |
| SANDBOX | • sandbox n. (US) A children’s play area consisting of a box filled with sand. • sandbox n. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting. • sandbox n. A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper. |
| SANDBOY | • sandboy n. A boy who sells sand. • sandboy n. (In similes) A proverbially happy or jolly person. • SANDBOY n. one who is proverbially happy. |
| SANDBUR | • sandbur n. Any of several grasses, of the genus Cenchrus, found in the south-eastern United States, that has a spiny burr. • SANDBUR n. an annual herb, also SANDBURR, SANDSPUR. |
| SANDDAB | • sanddab n. Alternative spelling of sand dab. • sand␣dab n. Any of various small flatfish of the genus Citharichthys native to the Pacific coast of the Americas. • SANDDAB n. a small Pacific flatfish. |
| SANDEKS | • sandeks n. Plural of sandek. • SANDEK n. (Hebrew) a man who holds a baby being circumcised. |
| SANDERS | • sanders n. Plural of sander. • sanders n. (Obsolete) sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood. • Sanders prop.n. A surname originating as a patronymic. |
| SANDFLY | • sandfly n. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates… • sandfly n. (New Zealand) A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium. • sandfly n. (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae). |
| SANDHIS | • sandhis n. Plural of sandhi. • SANDHI n. (Sanskrit) the modification of a sound of a word by its context, e.g. the difference in pronunciation of 'the' in 'the house' and in 'the other house'. |
| SANDHOG | • sandhog n. (US, slang, also figuratively) A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground… • sandhog v. (Intransitive, US, slang) To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water. • sand-hog n. Alternative form of sandhog. |
| SANDIER | • sandier adj. Comparative form of sandy: more sandy. • SANDY adj. covered with sand. |
| SANDING | • sanding v. Present participle of sand. • sanding n. The act or process by which something is sanded; the application of sandpaper, etc. • sanding n. A type of dancing where the floor is covered in sand. See Sanding (dance). |
| SANDLOT | • sandlot n. A vacant lot where children play. • SANDLOT n. a vacant plot of sandy land in a town, esp. one used by children for playing sport and games. |
| SANDMAN | • sandman n. (Folklore) A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people’s eyes. • sandman n. Used as a symbol of the passage of time toward death. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • sandman n. (Obsolete) A seller of sand. |
| SANDMEN | • sandmen n. Plural of sandman. • SANDMAN n. a mythical person who puts children to sleep. |
| SANDPIT | • sandpit n. A place or pit from which sand is excavated. • sandpit n. A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand. • sandpit n. (Television) A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East. |