Definitions for: Dune

[n] a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans

Webster (1913) Definition: Dune, n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See Down
a bank of sand.]
A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but
often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written
also dun.]

Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the
Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the
dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their
mouths. --Motley.

Synonyms: sand dune

See Also: ridge

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