Sandy \Sand"y\, a. [Compar. Sandier; superl. Sandiest.] [AS.
sandig.]
1. Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full
of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy
desert, road, or soil.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as,
sandy hair.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sandy
adj 1: composed of or covered with relatively large particles;
"granular sugar"; "gritty sand" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained,
grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]
2: (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency;
"light sandy soil" [syn: friable, light]
3: of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen
locks" [syn: flaxen]
4: resembling or containing sand; or growing in sandy areas;
"arenaceous limestone"; "arenaceous grasses" [syn: arenaceous,
sandlike] [ant: argillaceous]
5: abounding in sand; "Florida's sandy beaches"
[also: sandiest, sandier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "sandy":
Saharan, anhydrous, arenaceous, arenarious, arid, athirst, aureate,
auric, beige, bone-dry, breccial, brecciated, buff, buff-yellow,
canary, canary-yellow, citron, citron-yellow, craggy, cream,
creamy, crystal, crystalline, desert, droughty, dry, dry as dust,
dusty, ecru, fallow, flaxen, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored,
golden, grainy, granular, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gritty,
high and dry, juiceless, lapideous, lemon, lemon-yellow,
like parchment, lithoid, lithoidal, luteolous, lutescent,
monolithic, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous,
ochry, or, pebbled, pebbly, porphyritic, primrose,
primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, rock-ribbed, rock-strewn,
rock-studded, rocklike, rocky, sabulous, saffron, saffron-colored,
saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored, sapless, shingled, shingly,
stonelike, stony, straw, straw-colored, thirsting, thirsty,
trachytic, undamped, unwatered, waterless, xanthic, xanthous,
yellow, yellowish
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Sandy, OR (city, FIPS 65250)
Location: 45.39965 N, 122.26666 W
Population (1990): 4152 (1536 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97055
Sandy, PA (CDP, FIPS 67784)
Location: 41.10722 N, 78.77380 W
Population (1990): 1795 (733 housing units)
Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Sandy, TX
Zip code(s): 78665
Sandy, UT (city, FIPS 67550)
Location: 40.56968 N, 111.85434 W
Population (1990): 75058 (20110 housing units)
Area: 51.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 84070, 84093, 84094
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Sandy, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 5385
Housing Units (2000): 2080
Land area (2000): 2.633439 sq. miles (6.820575 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.633439 sq. miles (6.820575 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65250
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.397499 N, 122.266319 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97055
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sandy, OR
Sandy
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Sandy, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1687
Housing Units (2000): 687
Land area (2000): 1.401768 sq. miles (3.630563 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.401768 sq. miles (3.630563 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67784
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.108633 N, 78.772614 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sandy, PA
Sandy
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Sandy, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
Population (2000): 88418
Housing Units (2000): 26579
Land area (2000): 22.325028 sq. miles (57.821555 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.021161 sq. miles (0.054806 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 22.346189 sq. miles (57.876361 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67440
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 40.572415 N, 111.859610 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84070 84093 84094
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sandy, UT
Sandy
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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