Definition of "sand-bar" []

• A bar of sand formed in the bottom or at the mouth of a river. (noun)
• A bar of sand formed in the bottom or at the mouth of a river. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A drowned man lay on his back on the sand-bar, staring upward, unblinking, at the sun."
• "Inside the mouth of the river, after the sand-bar had combed the strength of the breakers, he built a big fish-trap."
• "The horse had to swim out to a sand-bar first and got stuck there because the current got so much stronger so quickly he wouldn't budge."