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Noun(1) a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide(2) a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river(3) can be exposed at low tide

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(1) The sandbank area could accommodate up to 200 turbine bases, and the construction project will create an anticipated 420 new jobs.(2) In fact, many people, including myself, don't know how the sandbank in the area was created, and about its great influence upon the geology and tidal patterns of the region.(3) Shoal water is an area made shallow by a sandbank or sandbar.(4) For a moment, I envisage us grating across a coral reef, or running aground on a sandbank .(5) He claims the construction of a pier led directly to the formation to the sandbank in a designated safe swimming area.(6) They were rammed up against rows of oak posts - first found during earlier excavations in 1981-which once formed either a jetty, or a causeway to a sandbank in the middle of the river.(7) The remains of the boat have been submerged in a sandbank in the Princes Channel area of the estuary, 15 miles from Shoebury, since the 1570s.(8) The ships could not hang about off the treacherous sandbanks of the river mouth in winds from that quarter.(9) If it had been caught in a strong gust it could have been driven onto one of the sandbanks .(10) Afterwards they allowed us to sling our hammocks in one of their thatched shelters while they all went down to sleep on sandbanks by the river.(11) His body was found yesterday morning by his son-in-law in an area of sandbanks and mud flats about a mile from the high water mark at Bardsea, near Ulverston.(12) But the facts were that he alleged that Council was negligent because they had placed the flags at a location that was inappropriate, because there were sandbanks there.(13) Fifty miles southwest of the town on a tiny island in the delta, lies the Adziogol Lighthouse, an important beacon for ships navigating the tangle of sandbanks .(14) Natural deterrents against sea erosion (mangroves, sandbanks , reefs etc.) have been depleted to such extents that their revival cannot be considered a viable plan to counter sea disasters.(15) The new hovercraft, designed to be used on mud and sandbanks as well as shallow water, was unveiled at the RNLI lifeboat station in Morecambe, Lancashire.(16) The deep channel often had a strong current but we still persevered (maybe a little recklessly) and swam out to the sandbanks to join the seals who basked there.