balas : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

balas [ba.las.] :

sand (n.)

Synonyms: bunbon

Derivatives of balas

Glosses:

sand
n. (substance)	1. sand	a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
	~ beach	an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
	~ quicksand	a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down.
	~ sand bar, sandbar	a bar of sand.
	~ spit, tongue	a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
	~ atomic number 14, si, silicon	a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors.
	~ concrete	a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water.
	~ dirt, soil	the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock.
n. (person)	2. amandine aurore lucie dupin, baroness dudevant, george sand, sand	French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876).
	~ author, writer	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
n. (attribute)	3. backbone, grit, gumption, guts, moxie, sand	fortitude and determination.; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
	~ fortitude	strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
	~ colloquialism	a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.
v. (contact)	4. sand, sandpaper	rub with sandpaper.; "sandpaper the wooden surface"
	~ smooth, smoothen	make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.; "smooth the surface of the wood"
	~ rough-sand	sand roughly.; "rough-sand the door before painting it"