sandbank

[ sand-bangk ]

/ ˈsændˌbæŋk /

a large mass of sand, as on a shoal or hillside.

Origin of sandbank

First recorded in 1580–90; sand + bank¹

When I arrived I found that she was stuck on a sandbank one hundred miles down the river.

An African Adventure |Isaac F. Marcosson
On we flew, crossing one sandbank on the summit of a curling wave that broke with a sound of thunder on the next bank.

The Cruise of the 'Alerte' |E. F. Knight
The right cotton-shrub grows here also, but not on the sandbank.

A Voyage to New Holland |William Dampier
Quicksand, sandbank so saturated with water that it gives way under pressure; found near the mouths of rivers.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood

With this terrific threat the boy strode away, leaving her to watch the storm alone in the lee of the sandbank.

Whosoever Shall Offend |F. Marion Crawford

sandbank

/ (ˈsændˌbæŋk) /

a submerged bank of sand in a sea or river, that may be exposed at low tide