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# How to pronounce "sandpipe" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/sændpæɪp/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **san·dpipe**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- A pipe conveying sand, as in a steam locomotive, where it deposits sand directly in front of the driving wheels to aid traction.
  - *Example*: "In the modified locomotive, the leading sanding gear is restored and the sandpipes which formerly led to the trailing coupled wheels are reversed to provide sanding behind the driving wheels for rearward running."
- A perpendicular cylindrical hollow, tapering to a point, occurring in chalk deposits, and usually filled with sand, gravel, or clay.
  - *Example*: "Some of the enormous fragments of chalk which are interstratified with drift have not only layers of undisturbed flints, but also sandpipes in the middle of them, or cylindrical cavities filled with sand and gravel […]"

### Example Sentences
- "In the modified locomotive, the leading sanding gear is restored and the sandpipes which formerly led to the trailing coupled wheels are reversed to provide sanding behind the driving wheels for rearward running."
- "Some of the enormous fragments of chalk which are interstratified with drift have not only layers of undisturbed flints, but also sandpipes in the middle of them, or cylindrical cavities filled with sand and gravel […]"
- "sandpiper on the shore, loons, ducks, gulls, and crows, a few of each, and a bald eagle are all the birds I have noticed thus far. The"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "sandpipe" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "sandpiper on the shore, loons, ducks, gulls, and crows, a few of each, and a bald eagle are all the birds I have noticed thus far. The"
- **Watch at 120:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaUj9k3xWyM&t=7209s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> ""Sandpiper" is on page 131."
- **Watch at 41:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgv6mVHrXMs&t=2487s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "Western sandpipers are small shorebirds that make an intense long-distance migration."
- **Watch at 0:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKPwE14JcBA&t=7s)

### Example 4
> "and Wilson's clovers I Came Upon a particularly charmless stretch of Muddy sand on which there was a handful of more common Shorebirds dunlins and semi- palmated clovers and least sandpipers in their brownish gray winter plumage camp out amid high-rise condos and hotels surveying the beach and postures of sleepy disgruntlement with their heads"
- **Watch at 1:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoWkp3-q5xM&t=81s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "Bishop's sandpiper poet, there in your handout, is obsessed with the mere details of experience, those sand grains, quartz grains."
- **Watch at 46:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG9el6hOjm8&t=2805s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "For a little sandpiper to have the energy to travel marathon distances, it needs to stay fueled up along the way, which includes making stops for food."
- **Watch at 0:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKPwE14JcBA&t=18s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "And western sandpipers aren’t the only birds that do this!"
- **Watch at 2:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKPwE14JcBA&t=131s)

### Example 8
*Accent: AUS*
> "The sharp-tailed sandpipers are coming down from subarctic Siberia."
- **Watch at 3:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wPSrFQmQKU&t=189s)

### Example 9
*Accent: AUS*
> "including the sharp-tailed sandpiper which migrates all the way from siberia welcome home mate rain also came to the sturt national park which means these"
- **Watch at 1:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yldaCPFIInA&t=63s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "The spotted sandpiper's an example where the males do most of the brood tending, and the female, she will help sometimes for a while,"
- **Watch at 10:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mYYNtaZJp8&t=654s)


## How to Pronounce "sandpipe"

- **Syllables**: san · dpipe
- **IPA**: `/sændpæɪp/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[sandpiper](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sandpiper)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “sandpipe”?
“sandpipe” is pronounced /sændpæɪp/ (san · dpipe). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “sandpipe”?
“sandpipe” has 2 syllables: san · dpipe.

### What does “sandpipe” mean?
A pipe conveying sand, as in a steam locomotive, where it deposits sand directly in front of the driving wheels to aid traction.

### How can I hear “sandpipe” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “sandpipe” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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