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Meaning of sandpit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈsænd.pɪt

Definitions

A place or pit from which sand is excavated.
A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.
A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East.

Equivalents

Български пясъчник

Català sorrera

Čeština pískoviště

Deutsch Sandkasten

Ελληνικά αμμοδοχείο αμμοδόχος

Esperanto sablokesto sabloludejo

Español arenero hoya arenácea hoya arenisca hoya arenosa

Suomi hiekkakuoppa hiekkalaatikko

Français bac à sable

Magyar homokozó

Íslenska sandkassi

Italiano cava di sabbia renaio sabbiera

日本語砂場

Latina harenaria

Nederlands zandbak

Polski piaskownica

Português Areal caixa de areia

Русский песочница

Svenska leksandlåda sandlåda

Українська пісочниця

Examples

“Originally designed to illustrate ⟳ Kuwait and the oil pipelines, the 'sandpit', based on maps and photographs to a scale of 1:1,000,000, was extended to include ⟳ other countries.”

“[…] the commentaries on the battle given by Peter Snow ⟳ with the aid of a model ⟳ of the theatre of war, known as the 'Sandpit'.”

“[…] a conflict that did not fit so easily into the television studios, with their super-patriotic anchormen, their verbose ex-generals, their model ⟳ tanks and their bloodless sandpits.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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