dune

[US]/djuːn/
[UK]/dʊn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind

Phrases & Collocations

sand dune

rolling dunes

desert dune

vast dune field

Example Sentences

The dunes roll to the sea.

sand dunes that were upbuilt by the wind.

a line of sand dunes concealed the distant sea.

The boy galloped over the dunes barefoot.

Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.

South part is mainly lake beach bar system, including lake shore dune ridge and lake shore corcass.

Bad Lands National Park, Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, Devils Tower National Monument, Rocky Mountain National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and Capulin Volcano National Monument.

FOR all its paradisal waters, golden dunes and swanky “eco-lodges”, life in Kenya's coastal district of Kiunga, just a few miles from the border with Somalia, is hard.

The Yakou beach on the right side of the typhoon track was rather stable, with only a slight silting in the belt of middle tide besides erodedm manmade dunes in the landward backshore.

It receives its name from the echoing Shhhh that the sand makes as you step on its surface.Visitors here can try camel rides, can parasail, can slide the dunes or simply build sand castles.

Real-world Examples

Other beetles can move very quickly over the dunes.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

But I saw the sand dunes, and I was quite impressed.

Source: American English dialogue

Zig-zagging and jumping, she uses the dunes to mask her location.

Source: The mysteries of the Earth

The sun sets on the dunes.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

Many insects that you find on the dunes are garbage eaters.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

Bill Smith said he was excited to see the sand dunes in person.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

When sand moves and forms new dunes, it varies everything in its path.

Source: VOA Video Highlights

Around us is an almost hallucinatory landscape, the ergs or great sand dunes.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

But Africa isn't all sand and dunes.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

Just outside the limits of Siwa, tremendous and imposing sand dunes linger, constantly threatening to advance.

Source: Listening Digest

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