SANDBAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sandbar mean? 

• SANDBAR (noun)
  The noun SANDBAR has 1 sense:

1. a bar of sand

  Familiarity information: SANDBAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANDBAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bar of sand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

sand bar; sandbar

Hypernyms ("sandbar" is a kind of...):

bar (a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore)

Meronyms (substance of "sandbar"):

sand (a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral)

 Context examples 

By June, satellite imagery showed that a sandbar had formed, closing off the crater.

(NASA Shows New Tongan Island Made of Tuff Stuff, Likely to Persist Years, NASA)