lute vs sand

lute

noun
  • Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight. 

  • A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth. 

  • A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc. 

  • A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard. 

verb
  • To play on a lute, or as if on a lute. 

  • To fix or fasten something with lute. 

sand

noun
  • 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 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) 

  • 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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