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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans;
[syn: dune, sand dune]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dune \Dune\ (d[=u]n), n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See Down a bank of sand.] A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also dun.] [1913 Webster] Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dune n 1: a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans [syn: dune, sand dune]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "dune": anthill, bank, barrow, brae, butte, cock, down, drift, drumlin, embankment, fell, foothills, haycock, haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, hill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll, molehill, monticle, monticule, moor, mound, mow, pile, pyramid, rick, sand dune, snowdrift, stack, swell