ripple mark

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   one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind

   Broaderridge

Questions about ripple mark

What does ripple mark mean?

ripple mark means "one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind".

Is ripple mark a common word?

ripple mark is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.