Collocations for sand - noun
ADJ.
fine
a beach of fine golden sand
a beach of fine golden sand
coarse | soft | hard | damp, wet | dry | burning, hot | golden, silver, white, yellow | desert
the burning desert sands
the burning desert sands
QUANT.
grain | patch, strip
SAND + NOUN
beach, dune | pit (also ‘sandpit’) | castle (also ‘sandcastle’)
PREP.
in the ~
The children played happily in the sand.
The children played happily in the sand.
on the ~
We found her asleep on the sand.
We found her asleep on the sand.