a mound or ridge of drifted sand, occurring on the sea coast and in deserts
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dune /dun, dyun/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Geographya sand hill ridge formed by the wind, usually in deserts or near oceans:The dunes were eroding fast and would disappear.
dune
(do̅o̅n, dyo̅o̅n),USA pronunciation n.
- a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Middle Dutch dūna; cognate with down3
- French, Old French
- 1780–90
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'dune' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Skara Brae
- adown
- barchan
- beach buggy
- dene
- down
- dune buggy
- dune grass
- duneland
- sea lyme grass
- seif
- seif dune