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a free sample of perfume a blood sample

sand © / sand / noun

[noncount]

( GEOGRAPHY ) powder made of very small pieces of rock, which you find on beaches and in deserts Concrete is a mixture of sand and cement.

san • dal / ' sandl / noun [count]

a light open shoe that you wear in warm weather —Look at the picture at shoe .

sand • wich

/ ' sanwitj / noun [count]

( plural sand . wich es )

two pieces of bread with other food between them a cheese sandwich

sand • y / ' sandi / adjective ( sand i-er,sand - i est)

with sand a sandy beach

sane / sein / adjective ( san - er , san - est )

with a normal, healthy mind; not crazy —ANTONYM insane

sang form of sing

san • i • ty / ' sansti / noun [ noncount ]

the state of having a normal, healthy mind —ANTONYM insanity

sank form of sink

San • ta Claus / sants kloz / noun [ count ]

an old man with a red coat and a long white beard. Children believe that he brings presents at Christmas.

sap / sap / noun [ noncount ]

( BIOLOGY ) the liquid in a plant or tree

sap • phire / ' safaisr / noun [ count, noncount ] a bright blue valuable stone that is often used in jewelry sapphire earrings

sar • casm / ' sarkazsm / noun [ noncount ]

saying the opposite of what you mean because you want to be rude to someone or to show them you are angry ► sar • cas • tic / sar ' kastik / adjective

There's no need to be sarcastic.

sar • dine / sar ' din / noun [ count ]

a very small ocean fish that you can eat. You often buy sardines in cans.

sa • ri / ' sari / noun [ count ] ( plural sa - ris )

a long piece of material that women, especially Indian women, wear around their bodies as a dress

SAT™ / ,es ei ti / abbreviation

a test taken by high school students who want to go to college

to take the SAT ♦ SAT scores Sat. abbreviation of Saturday sat form of sit

sat • el • lite / ' satbait / noun [ count ]

a piece of electronic equipment that people send into space. Satellites travel around the earth and send back pictures or television and radio signals

satellite television

a natural object that moves around a bigger object in space

Our moon is one of the largest satellites in the solar system.

sat • el • lite dish / ' sret>ait |dij / noun [count]

a piece of equipment that people put on the outside of their houses so that they can receive television signals from a satellite

sat • in / ' sretn/ noun [ noncount ]

very shiny smooth cloth sat • ire / ' sretaiar / noun

[ noncount ] using humor to attack someone or something that you think is bad or silly

political satire

[ count ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a piece of writing or a play, movie, etc. that uses satire

The play is a satire on political life.

sat .is .fac .tion © / .satas'fekjh/ noun

[noncount]

being pleased with what you or other people have done She finished painting the picture and looked at it with satisfaction .

sat • is • fac • to • ry / ^retas ' frektari / adjective

good enough, but not very good Her work is not satisfactory.

—ANTONYM unsatisfactory

sat . is .fied О / 'saetosfaid / adjective

pleased because you have had or done what you wanted The teacher was not satisfied with my work.

—ANTONYM dissatisfied

sat • is • fy / ' sretasfai / verb ( sat - is - fies , sat - is - fy - ing , sat - is - fied , has sat is fied )

to give someone what they want or need; to be good enough to make someone pleased Nothing he does satisfies his father. ► sat • is • fy • ing / ' sretasfaiig / adjective

a satisfying result

sat • u • rat • ed fat / |sretrareitad ' fret / noun [ count, noncount ]

( HEALTH ) a type of fat that is found in some foods, for example meat, butter, and fried food. Eating too many saturated fats is bad for your body.