Meaning of DUNE
| Pronunciation: | | doon
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| | Definition: | | [n] a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans |
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| | Synonyms: | | sand dune |
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| | See Also: | | ridge | |
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| | Definition: | |  Dune
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dune\, n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See {Down}
a bank of sand.]
A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but
often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written
also {dun}.]
Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the
Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the
dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their
mouths. --Motley.
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| | Related Terms: | | anthill, bank, barrow, brae, butte, cock, down, drift, drumlin, embankment, fell, foothills, haycock, haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, hill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll, molehill, monticle, monticule, moor, mound, mow, pile, pyramid, rick, sand dune, snowdrift, stack, swell |
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