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sandy

Pronunciation: /ˈsændi/

The English word “sandy” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Covered with sand.
  2. Sprinkled with sand.
  3. Containing sand.
  4. Like sand, especially in texture.
  5. Having the colour of sand.

noun

  1. A sandwich

Etymology

From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

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