Meaning Of The Word Quicksand

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quicksand
uncountable noun: Quicksand is deep, wet sand that you sink into if you try to walk on it.

quicksand in American English
a deep, semifluid deposit or bed of sand in which an animal, heavy object, etc. may be trapped or engulfed
noun: a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface

quicksand in British English
noun: a deep mass of loose wet sand that submerges anything on top of it

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