3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dune n : a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans [syn: {sand dune}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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
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