HyperDic: scablands

English > 1 sense of the word scablands:
NOUNobjectscablands(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)
English > scablands: 1 sense > noun 1, object
Meaning(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington).
CategorygeologyA science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks
Part ofWashington, Evergreen State, WA, Wash.A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Broaderland, ground, soilmaterial in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
Usage ofplural, plural formThe form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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