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sandstorm

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: duststorm, duster (broadly synonymous), haboob

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: duststorm, duster[Appendix:Glossary, haboob

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: storm

2

noun

Meaning 2

a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was the kind of duster not experienced in years

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sirocco

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: windstorm

History

Etymology

From sand + storm.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sandstorm — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Arabic: عَاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة (ʕāṣifa ramliyya) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Armenian: ավազի փոթորիկ (avazi pʻotʻorik) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Azerbaijani: qum fırtınası — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Belarusian: пясча́ная бу́ра (pjasčánaja búra) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Belarusian: пяшча́ная бу́ра (pjaščánaja búra) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Belarusian: пясча́ная нава́льніца (pjasčánaja naválʹnica) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Bulgarian: пя́съчна бу́ря (pjásǎčna búrja) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Burmese: သဲမုန်တိုင်း (sai:muntuing:) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙塵暴 /沙尘暴 (shāchénbào) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Czech: písečná bouře — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Danish: sandstorm — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Dutch: zandstorm — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Esperanto: sabloŝtormo — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Estonian: liivatorm — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Finnish: hiekkamyrsky — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • French: tempête de sable — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Galician: tormenta de po — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • German: Sandsturm — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Greek: αμμοθύελλα (ammothýella) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Hungarian: homokvihar — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Icelandic: sandstormur — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Icelandic: sandbylur — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Indonesian: badai pasir — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Italian: tempesta di sabbia — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Japanese: 砂嵐 (sunaarashi) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Kazakh: шаңды дауыл (şañdy dauyl) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Korean: 모래폭풍 (moraepokpung) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Lithuanian: smėlio audra — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Macedonian: песочна бура (pesočna bura) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Malay: ribut pasir — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Māori: marangai kirikiri — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Māori: āwhā onepū — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Navajo: łeezh bił hááyol — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sandstorm — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sandstorm — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Polish: burza piaskowa — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Polish: burza pyłowa — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Portuguese: tempestade de areia — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Romanian: furtună de nisip — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Russian: песча́ная бу́ря (pesčánaja búrja) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Serbo-Croatian: пустињска олуја — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Serbo-Croatian: пешчана олуја — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Serbo-Croatian: пјешчана олуја — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Serbo-Croatian: pustinjska oluja — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Serbo-Croatian: peščana oluja — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Serbo-Croatian: pješčana oluja — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Slovak: piesočná búrka — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Slovene: peščeni vihar — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Spanish: tormenta de arena — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Swedish: sandstorm — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Tajik: хокбод (xokbod) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Turkish: kum fırtınası — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Ukrainian: піща́на бу́ря (piščána búrja) — strong wind carrying clouds of sand
  • Vietnamese: bão cát — strong wind carrying clouds of sand