sandpit
Collocations
4ADJ.
together
VERB + SANDPIT
played, playing, tunnel
SANDPIT + NOUN
children
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
A place or pit from which sand is excavated.
A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.
A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East.
Originally designed to illustrate Kuwait and the oil pipelines, the 'sandpit', based on maps and photographs to a scale of 1:1,000,000, was extended to include other countries.
[…] the commentaries on the battle given by Peter Snow with the aid of a model of the theatre of war, known as the 'Sandpit'.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled wit
- sandbox
- sandpile
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Originally designed to illustrate Kuwait and the oil pipelines, the 'sandpit', based on maps and photographs to a scale of 1:1,000,000, was extended to include other countries.
Wiktionary[…] the commentaries on the battle given by Peter Snow with the aid of a model of the theatre of war, known as the 'Sandpit'.
Wiktionary[…] a conflict that did not fit so easily into the television studios, with their super-patriotic anchormen, their verbose ex-generals, their model tanks and their bloodless sandpits.
WiktionaryThat child dug a tunnel in the sandpit.
Tatoeba · #47480Tom and Mary played in the sandpit together and made sand castles.
Tatoeba · #11231861The sandpit has a slide, a swing, a see-saw, and nothing else.
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