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Definition of "sandpit" []

  • A large deep pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sandpit" in a sentence
  • "The slow, 250-meter grind to the sandpit was a leg breaker, and Trebon used the section to hit Powers and the others as often as he could."
  • "He might have spoken well, but he was dumb as a rock and at onetime his sandpit was a big rockery."
  • "This is the fictive environment as "sandpit", the accessibility of a carte blanche to do what you want with the toys."