Phrase Hound found 44 phrases and 25 compound words that contain sands. The most common are listed below. Open sands in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 44
- sands of timeTime that is considered as a finite commodity that is gradually running out, as the sand in an hourglass.
- Goodwin SandsA sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea, lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England.
- Dolphin SandsA locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- White SandsA desert in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, United States, composed of white gypsum sand.
- Verona SandsA locality in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
- Bolton-le-SandsA large village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4868).
- Brighton-Le-SandsA suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- Primrose SandsA locality in Sorell council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- Woburn SandsA town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9236).
- Grange-over-SandsA town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4077).
- Maplin SandsAn expanse of mudflats on the North Sea coast of south-east Essex, England, uncovered at low tide.
- Athabasca oil sandsA large group of oil sand deposits rich in bitumen in north Alberta.
- Athabasca tar sandsSynonym of Athabasca oil sands: A large group of oil sand deposits rich in bitumen in north Alberta.
- Burgh by SandsA village and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3259).
- Seale and SandsA civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, which includes the villages of Seale and The Sands.
- black sandsplural of black sand: Basaltic sand of volcanic origin, frequently found associated with volcanic islands.
- desert sandsplural of desert sand: A very light and very weakly saturated reddish yellow (orange or brown) colour that resembles the color of sand in a desert
- iron sandsplural of iron sand: Alternative form of ironsand (“sand with iron content”).
- oil sandsplural of oil sand: A relatively loose sandstone, or porous carbonate rock, impregnated with bitumen.
- singing sandsplural of singing sand: sand that produces sound
- tar sandsplural of tar sand: oil sand.
- molding sandsplural of molding sand: A mixture of sand and loam used by founders in making sand-molds.
- bituminous sandsplural of bituminous sand: oil sand
- Lancashire over the sandsThe area of modern Cumbria, England on the north side of Morecambe Bay that was historically part of Lancashire.
- belt-sandsthird-person singular simple present indicative of belt-sand: To sand with a belt sander.
Compound words 25
- BlundellsandsA coastal suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3099).
- thousandsplural of thousand: A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
- sandstonesplural of sandstone: A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.
- WhitesandsA village in Vanuatu.
- oilsandsplural of oilsand: A relatively loose sandstone, or porous carbonate rock, impregnated with bitumen.
- ChicksandsA village in Campton and Chicksands parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1238).
- BroadsandsA suburb and beach in Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8957).
- coversandsplural of coversand: A layer (or layers) of sand deposited by wind, typically in a coastal environment
- dunesandsplural of dunesand: A loose thin sand that can be carried by the wind.
- greensandsplural of greensand: A greenish sandstone containing glauconite.