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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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