Castle material (4)

I believe the answer is:

sand

(Other definitions for sand that I've seen before include "Rock particles; smooth" , "Egg timer grains" , "Content of hourglass" , "Very tiny grains of rock" , "woman writer Chopin loved" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

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