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dune

noun

ˈdün How to pronounce dune (audio)
 also  ˈdyün
: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dunelike
ˈdün-ˌlīk How to pronounce dune (audio)
 also  ˈdyün-
adjective

Example Sentences

We wandered over the dunes.
Recent Examples on the Web Clasping warea evolved to exist nearly only on a portion of the Lake Wales Ridge, a skinny, 110-mile-long ancient dune line running north and south along the center of the state from Lake Placid to north of Clermont. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 The periphery of the aircraft was accented by several Myers Manx dune buggies, both original examples and the new one Sarofim developed with designer Freeman Thomas after taking ownership of the name. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2022 The tour ended atop a shallow dune, where lodge staff had set up a plastic table with a white tablecloth, gin, tonic, ice, and white wine, to toast the sunset. Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Most of the off-road action happens around a palatial, 300-foot-tall dune called Oldsmobile Hill. Outside Online, 16 June 2021 Inhaling the smell of salt and damp, Maxine McLeod Miller began to stroll along the dune. CBS News, 20 Aug. 2022 If your succulents arrive in a crowded arrangement, pluck them out carefully and give them their own spacious mini desert dune. Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022 Contemporary dune buggies, mostly built from sheet steel and having no compound curves, were ugly as sin. Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022 Nearly six decades ago, an enterprising Bruce Meyers conjured a custom vehicle that transformed VW components into go-anywhere dune buggies. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English dūn down — more at down

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dune was in 1605

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