Sandy,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sandy \Sand"y\, a. [Compar. {Sandier}; superl. {Sandiest}.] [AS.
     sandig.]
     1. Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full
        of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy
        desert, road, or soil.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as,
        sandy hair.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sandy
       adj 1: composed of or covered with relatively large particles;
              "granular sugar"; "gritty sand" [syn: {farinaceous}, {coarse-grained},
               {grainy}, {granular}, {granulose}, {gritty}, {mealy}]
       2: (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency;
          "light sandy soil" [syn: {friable}, {light}]
       3: of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen
          locks" [syn: {flaxen}]
       4: resembling or containing sand; or growing in sandy areas;
          "arenaceous limestone"; "arenaceous grasses" [syn: {arenaceous},
           {sandlike}] [ant: {argillaceous}]
       5: abounding in sand; "Florida's sandy beaches"
       [also: {sandiest}, {sandier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "sandy":
     Saharan, anhydrous, arenaceous, arenarious, arid, athirst, aureate,
     auric, beige, bone-dry, breccial, brecciated, buff, buff-yellow,
     canary, canary-yellow, citron, citron-yellow, craggy, cream,
     creamy, crystal, crystalline, desert, droughty, dry, dry as dust,
     dusty, ecru, fallow, flaxen, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored,
     golden, grainy, granular, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gritty,
     high and dry, juiceless, lapideous, lemon, lemon-yellow,
     like parchment, lithoid, lithoidal, luteolous, lutescent,
     monolithic, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous,
     ochry, or, pebbled, pebbly, porphyritic, primrose,
     primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, rock-ribbed, rock-strewn,
     rock-studded, rocklike, rocky, sabulous, saffron, saffron-colored,
     saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored, sapless, shingled, shingly,
     stonelike, stony, straw, straw-colored, thirsting, thirsty,
     trachytic, undamped, unwatered, waterless, xanthic, xanthous,
     yellow, yellowish
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Sandy, OR (city, FIPS 65250)
    Location: 45.39965 N, 122.26666 W
    Population (1990): 4152 (1536 housing units)
    Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 97055
  Sandy, PA (CDP, FIPS 67784)
    Location: 41.10722 N, 78.77380 W
    Population (1990): 1795 (733 housing units)
    Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Sandy, TX
    Zip code(s): 78665
  Sandy, UT (city, FIPS 67550)
    Location: 40.56968 N, 111.85434 W
    Population (1990): 75058 (20110 housing units)
    Area: 51.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 84070, 84093, 84094

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Sandy, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
     Population (2000):    5385
     Housing Units (2000): 2080
     Land area (2000):     2.633439 sq. miles (6.820575 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.633439 sq. miles (6.820575 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            65250
     Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
     Location:             45.397499 N, 122.266319 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     97055
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Sandy, OR
      Sandy
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Sandy, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    1687
     Housing Units (2000): 687
     Land area (2000):     1.401768 sq. miles (3.630563 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.401768 sq. miles (3.630563 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            67784
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             41.108633 N, 78.772614 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Sandy, PA
      Sandy
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Sandy, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
     Population (2000):    88418
     Housing Units (2000): 26579
     Land area (2000):     22.325028 sq. miles (57.821555 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.021161 sq. miles (0.054806 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    22.346189 sq. miles (57.876361 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            67440
     Located within:       Utah (UT), FIPS 49
     Location:             40.572415 N, 111.859610 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     84070 84093 84094
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Sandy, UT
      Sandy