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Meaning of sand dune | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.

Equivalents

Deutsch Wanderdüne
Ελληνικά αμμόλοφος
Español duna de arena
Suomi hiekkadyyni
Français dune de sable
Italiano duna duna di sabbia
日本語 砂丘
한국어 둔치 모래톱 사구
Português duna de areia
Svenska sanddyn

Examples

“So enfeebled was resolution in him that he could only palter at a fatuous picture of himself carrying Podson bodily over the lagoon and dumping him on the sand dunes.”
“An anemometer constructed by the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Western Region, British Railways, has been installed at Dawlish Warren, near Exeter, to obtain a record of the velocity (speed and direction) of the wind. This information is used for the study of the effects of wind erosion on the sand dunes which protect the railway from the sea at that point.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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