English-Hungarian translations for sandbag

• homokzsák
  Azt mondhatnám, itt az embereket élő homokzsáknak használták. The workers were used as human sandbags, so to speak.
  A tragédia sajátosságát az adja, hogy ezeket a próbákat rendszerint homokzsákokkal hajtják végre. The particularly tragic thing about this accident is that these tests are normally conducted with sandbags.

Definition of sandbag

• A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel
• An engraver's leather cushion, etc
• To construct a barrier of sandbags around
• To strike someone with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious

Examples

• We sandbagged the basement windows against the floodwaters.

Related words

• sandbank
• sandbar
• Sandbach
• sandbar shark