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Definition of sandpit : A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

Synonyms:

sandbox, sandpile

Usage examples:

• The colour of a sandpit was given him by hair and whiskers of yellow- red on a ruddy face. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• The smugglers overnight filled the sandpit with brown sugar, and the little carts which usually conveyed the sand into Hamburg were filled with the sugar, care being taken to cover it with a layer of sand about an inch thick. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
• " Yes," said the sergeant; " that turned up yesterday evening in a big pond called Baldwin's Pond in the Sandpit plain, near Little Monk Wood." - "The Eye of Osiris", R. Austin Freeman.