Nearby Words
Dune [doon, dyoon] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
dune [doon, dyoon]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hill
Synonyms: hillock, hummock, knoll, ridge, sand drift, sand dune, sand pile
Main Entry: hillock
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: small hill
Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, esker, headland, heap, highland, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope, summit
Main Entry: hump
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: swelling, projection
Synonyms: bulge, bump, convexedness, convexity, dune, elevation, eminence, excrescence, gibbosity, hill, hummock, hunch, knap, knob, knurl, kyphosis, mound, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, swell, tumescence
Antonyms: depression
Example Sentences
  • So we've built an economic house of cards, on a sand dune.
  • The sounds made by dune avalanches has mystified people for centuries.
  • One hindrance to real-world studies of entire dune fields is the amount of time required to acquire sufficient data:.
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Main Entry: knoll
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: small hill
Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, esker, headland, heap, highland, hillock, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope, summit
Main Entry: mound
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: heap, hill
Synonyms: anthill, bank, drift, dune, embankment, hillock, knoll, mass, molehill, mountain, pile, rise, shock, stack, tumulus
Antonyms: depression, ditch, valley
Main Entry: barrow
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: grave
Synonyms: bank, dune, gurry, hill, hog, mote, mound, mountain, pile, tumulus
Main Entry: sandbar
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bar of sand
Synonyms: dune, reef, shoal, spit
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