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sandbar

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sand·bar  (sndbär)
n.
A ridge of sand formed in a river or along a shore by the action of waves or currents.
sandbar  (sndbär)
A long mass or low ridge of submerged or partially exposed sand built up in the water along a shore or beach by the action of waves or currents.
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Noun1.sandbarsandbar - a bar of sand                        
sand bar
bar - a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
sand - a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral


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Tom stirred up the other pirates and they all clattered away with a shout, and in a minute or two were stripped and chasing after and tumbling over each other in the shallow limpid water of the white sandbar.
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I peeped over the edge of the bank to see the little stream that made the noise; it flowed along perfectly clear over the sand and gravel, cut off from the muddy main current by a long sandbar.
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A tow- head is a sandbar that has cottonwoods on it as thick as harrow-teeth.
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