English-Dutch translations for sand

zand
Twintig jaar geleden was daar alleen maar zand! Dubai was full of sand 20 years ago! Wij mogen onze kop niet in het zand steken. We must not bury our heads in the sand. Een huis, op zand gebouwd, heeft immers geen vast fundament. After all, a house built on sand has no solid foundations.
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Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt |grain sizes chart">w:Particle size |grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction
A beach or other expanse of sand
Personal courage
A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
A single grain of sand
A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass
Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand
To abrade the surface of with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it
To blot ink using sand
A sandpiper

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