sand

noun

Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.

A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.

A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.

The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.

Moments of allotted time or duration.