grains of sand
- beachSandy waterside margin
- sandFine rock particles
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
- desertTo leave behind completely
tiny · countless · grit · shore · particles · silica · texture · rough · scattered · infinite · windswept · castles · footprints · sifting · granules · dust · pebbles · time
- huge quantitiesblades of grass, water droplets
scale/magnitude
grains of sandboulders
Large rounded stones
mountains · continents · planets · ocean · universe
coherence/aggregation
grains of sandsolid rock
Continuous, hard stone
bedrock · monolith · granite slab · concrete block · whole
metaphorical significance
grains of sandstars in the sky
drops in the ocean · mountains · worlds · universes · everything