English-French translations for sandbank

• banc de sable
  Comme l'enquête a démontré que le bateau gît sur un banc de sable, des plongeurs pourraient assez aisément ramener les corps. As an inquiry has shown that the ship is stuck on a sandbank, it would be relatively easy to recover the bodies with the aid of sub-aqua divers.
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• Sandbank

Definition of sandbank

• A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping

Related words

• sandbag
• sandbar
• Sandbach
• sandbar shark