quicksands
Definitions
Noun
- A treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
- A pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "quicksands".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | courtyards | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | cardboards | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | clapboards | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | cleveland's | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | copperfield's | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | copperfields | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | copperfields' | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | cornfields | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | cottonwoods | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | counterbids | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | crutchfield's | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "quicksands".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | quick | 1 | 68 |
| 2 | islands | 2 | 30 |
| 3 | husbands | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | sands | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | island's | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | rickards | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | quickness | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | quickened | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | quicken | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | quickest | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | islands' | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | quicksand | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | quickens | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | pickands | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | wickland | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | vickland | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | quads | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | cruickshank | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | buckland | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | auckland | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 11
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Quicksand warning for UK beaches as man rescued after getting stuck waist deep
Mar 11, 2020 manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Mar 11, 2020 manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Five best friends killed in sea 'got sucked in by quicksand' after becoming trapped by tide
Aug 26, 2016 mirror.co.uk
Aug 26, 2016 mirror.co.uk
Hidden danger of treacherous mud along the Isle of Wight coast
Apr 13, 2023 Isle of Wight County Press
Apr 13, 2023 Isle of Wight County Press
In pictures: 10-year-old girl rescued from treacherous quicksands on the Solway Firth
Oct 28, 2013 Daily Record
Oct 28, 2013 Daily Record