English-Polish translations for sand

• piasek
  Nie wolno nam chować głowy w piasek. We must not bury our heads in the sand.
  Nie wolno nam jednak chować głowy w piasek. However, we must not hide our heads in the sand.
  Nie możemy dalej chować głowy w piasek. We cannot continue to bury our heads in the sand.

Definition of sand

• 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

Examples

• The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil

Related words

• sandbox
• sandpit
• thousand
• sandman
• sandy
• sandwich
• thousandth
• ampersand
• sandblast