sandbank

Converse of object

• hit: Later, unfortunately, the tide went out and we hit a sandbank but the rest of the activity was fantastic.
• expose: At the end of the road, the exposed sandbanks on the sea loch produced our first loafing Common Seals.
• shift: Does not this look like the Roman Catholic unsteady plank, or with some Protestants the shifting sandbank?
• cover: The Sound of Arisaig cSAC also includes tidal rapids ( under the category ' shallow sandbanks covered by water ' ).
• include: Site selection rationale The SAC series includes large sublittoral sandbanks showing good habitat structure and function.
• use: In 1930 a small airfield was established to service aircraft using the offshore sandbanks for target practice.

Adjective modifier

• offshore: They are usually found where there are offshore sandbanks or rocky ledges on which they spend a few hours each day.
• shallow: Only around 50 of the first wave of 1,000 troops reached the safety of cover behind a shallow sandbank on the shoreline.
• large: The final bend below Linton Lock came sooner than we thought and the large sandbank loomed up on the left hand side.
• subtidal: Habitats include estuaries, large shallow inlets and bays, subtidal sandbanks, saltmarshes, intertidal mudflats and sand flats.
• sublittoral: This Annex I habitat is defined as " Sublittoral sandbanks, permanently submerged.
• extensive: This meant crossing an extensive sandbank just a couple of meters under us to reach deeper water.

Modifies a noun

• holiday: Sandbank Holidays - Hayle - Apartments and bungalows set around a lovely garden, nestled against the sand dunes in a peaceful conservation area.
• peninsula: Sandbanks peninsula This view of Sandbanks peninsula shows the scale of Poole's massive natural harbor.
• habitat: They should complement the sandbank habitats already represented within the SAC series inshore.

Preposition: in

• front: They descend out of sight behind a sandbank in front of me.
• mouth: The Groin was built to warn vessels of the dangerous rocks and sandbanks in the mouth of the river.
• river: The small islands and sandbanks in the river proved very productive.
• channel: Swift currents flowing between the Atlantic and the North Sea soon eroded the islands, leaving the stumps as sandbanks in the channel.