sand dune

Questions about sand dune

What is another word for sand dune?

It depends which sand dune you mean. In the sense “a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans”, the synonyms are dune. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of sand dune?

WordNet records no antonym for sand dune. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for sand dune come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of sand dune

• Full entry for sand duneAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sand duneWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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