noun
Meaning 1
A place or pit from which sand is excavated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sandpit
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/ˈsænd.pɪt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sandbox
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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noun
Meaning 4
a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sandbox, sandpile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plaything, toy
noun
Meaning 5
a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pit, cavity
History
Etymology
From Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand + pit.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пясъчна кариера (pjasǎčna kariera) — place where sand is excavated
- Catalan: sorrera — place where sand is excavated
- Italian: renaio — place where sand is excavated
- Italian: cava di sabbia — place where sand is excavated
- Latin: harēnāria — place where sand is excavated
- Occitan: arenièra — place where sand is excavated
- Occitan: sablièra — place where sand is excavated
- Portuguese: areal — place where sand is excavated
- Spanish: hoya arenosa — place where sand is excavated
- Spanish: hoya arenácea — place where sand is excavated
- Spanish: hoya arenisca — place where sand is excavated
- Swedish: sandtäkt — place where sand is excavated
- Swedish: sandtag — place where sand is excavated
- Bulgarian: пясъчник (pjasǎčnik) — children's play area
- Catalan: sorrera — children's play area
- Czech: pískoviště — children's play area
- Dutch: zandbak — children's play area
- Esperanto: sabloludejo — children's play area
- Esperanto: sablokesto — children's play area
- Finnish: hiekkalaatikko — children's play area
- French: bac à sable — children's play area
- German: Sandkasten — children's play area
- Hungarian: homokozó — children's play area
- Icelandic: sandkassi — children's play area
- Irish: poll gainimh — children's play area
- Italian: sabbiera — children's play area
- Japanese: 砂場 (sunaba) — children's play area
- Norwegian: sandkasse — children's play area
- Occitan: arenièra — children's play area
- Occitan: sablièra — children's play area
- Polish: piaskownica — children's play area
- Portuguese: caixa de areia — children's play area
- Russian: песо́чница (pesóčnica) — children's play area
- Serbo-Croatian: пешчара — children's play area
- Serbo-Croatian: peščara — children's play area
- Spanish: arenero — children's play area
- Swedish: sandlåda — children's play area
- Turkish: kum kutusu — children's play area
- Welsh: pwll tywod — children's play area