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 Definitions for Dune: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Dune \Dune\ (d[=u]n), n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin.
See Down a bank of sand.]
A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but
often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written
also dun.]
[1913 Webster]
Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the
Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the
dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their
mouths. --Motley.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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dune
n : a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or
near lakes and oceans [syn: sand dune]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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35 Moby Thesaurus words for "dune":
anthill, bank, barrow, brae, butte, cock, down, drift, drumlin,
embankment, fell, foothills, haycock, haymow, hayrick, haystack,
heap, hill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll, molehill, monticle,
monticule, moor, mound, mow, pile, pyramid, rick, sand dune,
snowdrift, stack, swell
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