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  • noun A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach.

Etymologies

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sand + castle

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Examples

  • We built a sandcastle in your honour. (then bee smashed it, but that was not a reflection of her feelings about such an auspicious occasion. smashing a sandcastle is just too tempting to pass up.) kittenpie Said,

    OK, so tomorrow I’ll shut up about her birthday already… | Her Bad Mother 2006

  • It's a home of sorts, occupied by a colony of Phragmatopoma californica, otherwise known as the sandcastle worm.

    NYT > Home Page By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2010

  • It's a home of sorts, occupied by a colony of Phragmatopoma californica, otherwise known as the sandcastle worm.

    NYT > Home Page By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2010

  • October 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm could be the answer to a long-sought medical adhesive, specially for repairing bones broken in battlefield injuries and car crashes.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • It's a home of sorts, occupied by a colony of Phragmatopoma californica, otherwise known as the sandcastle worm.

    NYT > Home Page By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2010

  • "Many smokers have successfully quit using a variety of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, yet there is little direct evidence on the relative efficacies of these different pharmacotherapies," says Megan E. October 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm could be the answer to a long-sought medical adhesive, specially for repairing bones broken in battlefield injuries and car crashes.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010

  • WASHINGTON - In a major breakthrough, researchers have duplicated the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm, for developing a long-sought medical adhesive needed to repair bones shattered in battlefield injuries, car crashes and other accidents.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • Scientists questing after a long-sought new medical adhesive describe copying the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning podcast series, "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions."

    unknown title 2009

  • The beach cake's "sandcastle" is a bit... suggestive.

    The Teacher Tearjerker 2010

  • Can you make 'the sandbox' not just your 'sandcastle' go away, temporarily or forever?

    We Need Community Managers 2006

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