sandy

Covered with sand.

Adjective

  1. Covered with sand.
  2. Sprinkled with sand.
  3. Containing sand.
    • Some plants grow best in sandy soil.
  4. Like sand, especially in texture.
    • Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a...
  5. Having the colour of sand.

Origin

From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

Forms

sandier sandiest

Derived

Great Sandy Desert pecan sandy sandily sandiness Sandy Bay sandy blight sandy blind mole-rat sandy blind mole rat sandy carpet Sandy Cay Sandy Crossing Sandy Flat Sandy Gully Sandy Hill Sandy Hollow Sandy Hook sandyish Sandy Lane sandy laverock Sandy Point sandy pot sandy soil

Noun

  1. A sandwich
  2. Ellipsis of pecan sandy.

Forms

sandies