Sandy vs sand

Sandy

noun
  • A Scotsman. 

  • A Sand Dancer. 

  • The A-1 Sky Raider aircraft. 

name
  • A diminutive of the male given names Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandeep, Sanford, or Santiago. 

  • A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, or Cassandra. 

  • A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1649). 

sand

noun
  • A beach or other expanse of sand. 

  • A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass). 

  • "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom) 

  • Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. 

  • A sandpiper. 

  • A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. 

  • A light beige colour, like that of typical sand. 

verb
  • To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it. 

  • To blot ink using sand. 

  • To cover with sand. 

adj
  • Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand. 

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