Antonyms for quicksand

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwik-sand

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪkˌsænd

Definition of quicksand

Origin : c.1300, from Middle English quyk "living" (see quick (adj.)) + sond "sand" (see sand (n.)). Old English had cwecesund, but this might have meant "lively strait of water."

As in mire : noun muck, morass
As in pitfall : noun hazard, trap
As in quagmire : noun bog
As in snare : noun trap
As in trap : noun snare, trick

Example sentences :

That green strip of willow is the edge of a quicksand where no one knows the depth.
Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan

The boys will think a quicksand has swallowed us, and no one will be sleeping there at Soledad.
Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan

In some places it seemed as bottomless as a pit of quicksand.
Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

She had married the solid Hermie, and he had turned out to be quicksand.
Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber

You never know where you'll meet a quicksand, or a hole in the ice.
Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall

That love, too, like a quicksand, too often proves a destroyer to the weak-minded.
Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams

This island of heath, dune, and quicksand is wild and romantic.
Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson

Don't you remember that when we found the other two out, they were sent to the quicksand pit?
Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter

I was one of those who helped to throw them into the quicksand pit.
Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter

And weren't they afterward thrown into the quicksand pit to die?
Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter

Synonyms for quicksand

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