dune
noun/djuːn/
/duːn/
(also sand dune)
- a small hill of sand formed by the wind, near the sea or in a desertTopics Geographyb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryDune is used before these nouns:
- buggy
- sand
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from Middle Dutch dūne; related to Old English dūn ‘hill’ (related to Dutch duin ‘dune’), perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin and related to Old Irish dún and obsolete Welsh din ‘fort’.Want to learn more?
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