sandy has definitions from the field of color
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[ adjective ] composed of or covered with relatively large particles

Examples

"granular sugar" "gritty sand"

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

A fringe of housing and gardens bearded the top of the heights , and behind it were sandy roads leading past farms and hayfields .

Related terms

coarse

2
[ adjective ] (color) of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

Synonyms

flaxen

Examples

"flaxen locks"

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

His sandy hair was already beginning to thin and recede at the sides , and Abel looked quickly away .

Related terms

blond

3
[ adjective ] (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency

Synonyms

light friable

Examples

"light sandy soil"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

Too late , he realized that in turning , he had wheeled them onto a patch of sandy ground , instead of atop a grade or ridge .

Related terms

loose

4
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5477
5
[ adjective ] abounding in sand

Examples

"Florida's sandy beaches"

Related terms

beachy

6
[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 840
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 322
8
[ adjective ] resembling or containing sand; or growing in sandy areas

Synonyms

sandlike arenaceous

Examples

"arenaceous limestone" "arenaceous grasses"

Related terms

argillaceous

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