1) Boating hazard 2) Current creation, sometimes 3) Current deposit 4) Hazard to paddle-wheelers 5) Low tide protrusion 6) Offshore ridge 7) Ridge exposed at low tide 8) Sand bar 9) Shallows hazard 10) Shipping obstacle 11) Shoal 1) Shoal 
submerged or partly exposed ridge of sand or coarse sediment that is built by waves offshore from a beach. The swirling turbulence of waves breaking ... [1 related articles]
[n] - a bar of sand
a gathering of sand caused by wave action
sand bar noun a bar of sand
Ridge of sand built up by the currents across the mouth of a river or bay. A sandbar may be entirely underwater or it may form an elongated island that breaks the surface. A sandbar stretching out from a headland is a sand spit. Coastal bars can extend across estuaries to form bay bars
A sandbar is a long and narrow strip of sand. It is formed near areas where waves break. When waves crash on shore and then fall back, the movement creates a trough underwater. Sand is deposited on the beach when the waves move forward and on the other side of the trough when the waves move back. When enough sand has been deposited on the offshore ...