Definify.com

Definition 2025

Sandbank

Sandbank

See also: sandbank

German

Noun

Sandbank f ‎(genitive Sandbank, plural Sandbänke)

sandbank, shoal

sandbank

sandbank

See also: Sandbank

English

Noun

sandbank ‎(plural sandbanks)

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

Synonyms

Translations

ridge of sand

Breton: traezhenn (br) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙洲 (zh) ‎(shāzhōu)
Danish: sandbanke (da) c
Dutch: zandbank (nl)
French: banc de sable (fr)
German: Sandbank (de) f
Ido: sablostrato (io)
Igbo: ubòm
Japanese: 砂州 (ja) ‎(さす, sasu)
Norman: banc d'sablion m
Maori: tāhuna, ranga

Norwegian:

Bokmål: sandbanke m

Nynorsk: sandbanke m
Portuguese: banco de areia m
Russian: ба́нка (ru) f ‎(bánka), о́тмель (ru) f ‎(ótmelʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: oitir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: prud (sh), prudište
Spanish: banco de arena m
Swedish: sandbank (sv) c