What is another word for sand pile?

Pronunciation: [sˈand pˈa͡ɪl] (IPA)

A sand pile is a mound of fine-grained particles that accumulates by wind or water. Various synonyms are accessible to describe such a structure, including sand dune, sandbank, hillock, heap, mound, drift, and knoll. Sand dunes are natural formations of wind-borne sand that arise when there is enough wind activity. Sandbanks refer to beaches' sand or river's bed that forms a small elevation above the water. Hillocks are small mounds commonly found in sand-filled areas, and heaps are simply piles of materials. Mounds and drifts are terms used to depict larger sand hills in sand-filled regions. Knolls, on the other hand, refer to small hills or mounds. These synonyms help to make descriptions more specific and accurate.

What are the hypernyms for Sand pile?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • If it had not been for Holloway, life might have settled back into an almost normal routine. The toys were no longer active reminders. Emma still enjoyed her dolls and sand pile, with a thoroughly explicable delight. Scott was satisfied with baseball and his chemical set. They did everything other children did, and evinced few, if any, flashes of abnormality. But Holloway seemed to be an alarmist. He was having the toys tested, with rather idiotic results. He drew endless charts and diagrams, corresponded with mathematicians, engineers, and other psychologists, and went quietly crazy trying to find rhyme or reason in the construction of the gadgets.
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