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sand noun

  /sænd/
  • (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
hiekka
  • (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
hiekka, hetki, hiekkaranta, hietikko
  • (countable, often, _, in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
hiekka, hiekkaranta, hietikko
  • (uncountable, dated) Personal courage.
asenne
  • (countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
hiekanjyvä
  • (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
hiekanjyvä, hiekka
  • A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
hiekanruskea, hiekka

sand verb

  /sænd/
  • (transitive) To cover with sand.
hiekoittaa
  • (transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
hioa (hiekkapaperilla)

sands noun

  • (figuratively) a desert
hiekka

sand adjective

  /sænd/
  • Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
hiekanvärinen, hiekka
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