Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dune"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dune \Dune\, 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}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dune
n : a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or
near lakes and oceans [syn: {sand dune}]
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