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sandal
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsændəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsændəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(san′dl)
- Inflections of 'sandal' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
- When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
- sandals
- v 3rd person singular
- sandalling
- v pres p (Mainly UK)
- sandaling
- v pres p (US)
- sandalled
- v past (Mainly UK)
- sandaled
- v past (US)
- sandalled
- v past p (Mainly UK)
- sandaled
- v past p (US)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026san•dal1 /ˈsændəl/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- Clothinga shoe made up of a bottom and thongs or straps by which it is fastened to the foot.
- Clothinga low shoe or slipper.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026san•dal1
(san′dl),USA pronunciation n., v., -daled, -dal•ing or (esp. Brit.) -dalled, -dal•ling. n. - Clothinga shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- Clothingany of various low shoes or slippers.
- Clothinga light, low, rubber overshoe covering only the front part of a woman's high-heeled shoe.
- Clothinga band or strap that fastens a low shoe or slipper on the foot by passing over the instep or around the ankle.
v.t. - to furnish with sandals.
- Greek sandálion, equivalent. to sándal(on) sandal + -ion diminutive suffix
- Latin sandalium
- French sandale; replacing Middle English sandalie
- 1350–1400
- Plant Biologysandalwood.
- Late Greek sántalon, dissimilated variant of sándanon
- Medieval Latin sandalum
- Middle English sandell 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sandal /ˈsændəl/ n - a light shoe consisting of a sole held on the foot by thongs, straps, etc
- a strap passing over the instep or around the ankle to keep a low shoe on the foot
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin sandalium, from Greek sandalion a small sandal, from sandalon sandalˈsandalled adj san•dal•wood /ˈsændəlˌwʊd/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
- Plant Biologythe sweet-smelling reddish yellow wood of an Indian tree, used for incense and ornamental carving.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026san•dal•wood
(san′dl wŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologythe fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- Plant Biologyany of these trees, esp. S. album (white sandalwood), an evergreen of India, having ovate leaves and yellowish flowers that turn red.
- Plant Biologyany of various related or similar trees or their woods, esp. an East Indian tree, Pterocarpus santalinus (red sandalwood,) of the legume family, or its heavy dark-red wood that yields a dye.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sandalwood /ˈsændəlˌwʊd/, sandal, sanderswood n - any of several evergreen hemiparasitic trees of the genus Santalum, esp S. album (white sandalwood), of S Asia and Australia, having hard light-coloured heartwood: family Santalaceae
- the wood of any of these trees, which is used for carving, is burned as incense, and yields an aromatic oil used in perfumery
- any of various similar trees or their wood, esp Pterocarpus santalinus (red sandalwood), a leguminous tree of SE Asia having dark red wood used as a dye
Etymology: 14th Century sandal, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Greek sandanon, from Sanskrit candana sandalwood
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