sand-castle

sand-cas·tle

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sand kas-uh l, kah-suh l]
- /sænd ˈkæs əl, ˈkɑ səl/
- /sænd ˈkɑːsl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sand kas-uh l, kah-suh l]
- /sænd ˈkæs əl, ˈkɑ səl/

Definitions of sand-castle word

noun sand-castle a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach. 1
noun sand-castle a plan or idea with little substance. 1

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Origin of sand-castle

First appearance:

before 1850

One of the 32% newest English words

First recorded in 1850-55; sand + castle

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Parts of speech for Sand-castle

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sand-castle

sand-castle popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.