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a fan-shaped deposit of sand or sediment formed on the landward side of a tidal inlet (an opening through which ocean waters enter and leave an enclosed body of water, such as a sound, bay, or marsh).
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a fan-shaped deposit of sand or sediment formed on the landward side of a tidal inlet (an opening through which ocean waters enter and leave an enclosed body of water, such as a sound, bay, or marsh).