SAND CRACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand crack mean? 

• SAND CRACK (noun)
  The noun SAND CRACK has 1 sense:

1. a fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof often causing lameness

  Familiarity information: SAND CRACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND CRACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof often causing lameness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sand crack" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sand crack"):

toe crack (a crack on the forepart of a horse's hindfoot)

quarter crack (a crack on the inside of a horse's forefoot)