Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large deep pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place or pit from which sand is excavated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A children’s
play area consisting of a large container filled withsand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
- noun a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
Etymologies
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Examples
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The slow, 250-meter grind to the sandpit was a leg breaker, and Trebon used the section to hit Powers and the others as often as he could.
Powers edges Trebon in finale to Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival 2010
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He might have spoken well, but he was dumb as a rock and at onetime his sandpit was a big rockery.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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He might have spoken well, but he was dumb as a rock and at onetime his sandpit was a big rockery.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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This is the fictive environment as "sandpit", the accessibility of a carte blanche to do what you want with the toys.
Archive 2007-03-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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This is the fictive environment as "sandpit", the accessibility of a carte blanche to do what you want with the toys.
The Aesthetics of Fat Hal Duncan 2007
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In addition, police fear a planned siege on the Bank of England; the dumping of hundreds of tonnes of sand on the City streets with groups encouraging children to stage "sandpit" protests; key routes into London, such as the Blackwall and Rotherhithe tunnels along with the main Thames bridges, being blocked; bankers in the City being targeted, as firms advise personnel to "dress down" to avoid being identified, and marches heading in different directions hoping to divide the police's power and split their resources.
unknown title 2009
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In addition, police fear a planned siege on the Bank of England; the dumping of hundreds of tonnes of sand on the City streets with groups encouraging children to stage "sandpit" protests; key routes into London, such as the Blackwall and Rotherhithe tunnels along with the main Thames bridges, being blocked; bankers in the City being targeted, as firms advise personnel to "dress down" to avoid being identified, and marches heading in different directions hoping to divide the police's power and split their resources.
unknown title 2009
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In addition, police fear a planned siege on the Bank of England; the dumping of hundreds of tonnes of sand on the City streets with groups encouraging children to stage "sandpit" protests; key routes into London, such as the Blackwall and Rotherhithe tunnels along with the main Thames bridges, being blocked; bankers in the City being targeted, as firms advise personnel to "dress down" to avoid being identified, and marches heading in different directions hoping to divide the police's power and split their resources.
unknown title 2009
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Added Mr. McQuaid: "Some of the most entertaining stuff was watching Foley sound artist Shaun Brennan in the Foley room clattering an old car door with a hammer, stomping around in the sandpit."
The Spooky Sounds of Classic Radio Steve Dollar 2011
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Both men have been national elite cyclocross champion on three occasions, and the two have had their share of run-ins, most notably at the October 2009 Gloucester Grand Prix, where Johnson attacked up the right side, taking out Page as the lead group entered a sandpit.
Old rivalries heat up at USGP as Jonathan Page and Cannondale riders exchange words 2010
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