sand table
Tactical planning surface
A sand table is a shallow box filled with sand, used for various purposes.
In military and emergency planning, it's a three-dimensional terrain model for visualizing operations and troop movements.
In education, sand tables let children explore textures and build creatively.
Model railroad enthusiasts also use the term for layout bases: The general gathered his officers around the sand table to explain the attack.
Strategically planned
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- briefingConcise information session
commanders · maneuvers · planning · troops · positions · operations · wargaming · simulation
tactical
Strategically planned
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
briefing · commanders · maneuvers · planning · troops · positions · operations · wargaming · simulation · reconnaissance
contour
Bounding line of shape
terrain · geography · scale model · geological · slope · gradient · valley · plateau · landforms · watershed
sandbox
Enclosed play area
molding · sculpting · digging · sensory · tactile · messy · toys · children · playground · imagination
- preschoolpreschool, nursery school, pre-K, pre-k, play-based
- early educationpreschool, nursery, nursery schools, nursery class, kindergarten
- kids' tables
- sandboxesshovel, bucket, pail, sandcastle
- sensory playsensory bins, sensory play, water play, slime, playdough
- mapsroad map, world map, atlases, street map, regional map
sand tablepaper map
Printed geographic reference
chart · blueprint · schematic · digital map · computer simulation
sand, table, sands, sandy, sandier, sandiest, sanded, sanding, tables