sandbox, sandpile, sandpit
(noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
sandpit
(noun) a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sandpit (plural sandpits)
A place or pit from which sand is excavated.
A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.
Synonym: sandbox
(television) A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East.
• Pandits, pandits
Source: Wiktionary
Sand"pit`, n.
Definition: A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
