English > dry land: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | The solid part of the earth's surface. |
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| Synonyms | land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma |
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| Instances | America | North America and South America and Central America |
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| Part of | Earth, earth, world, globe | The 3rd planet from the sun |
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| Narrower | archipelago | A group of many islands in a large body of water |
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| beachfront | A strip of land running along a beach |
| cape, ness | A strip of land projecting into a body of water |
| coastal plain | A plain adjacent to a coast |
| floor | The ground on which people and animals move about |
| foreland | Land forming the forward margin of something |
| forest, woodland, timberland, timber | Land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
| island | A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water |
| isthmus | A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger / larger land areas |
| landmass, land mass | A large continuous extent of land |
| mainland | The main land mass of a country or continent |
| neck | A narrow elongated projecting strip of land |
| oxbow | The land inside an oxbow bend in a river |
| peninsula | A large mass of land projecting into a body of water |
| plain, field, champaign | extensive tract of level open land |
| slash | An open tract of land in a forest / forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) |
| wonderland | A place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
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| Spanish | suelo, terreno, tierra firme, tierra |
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| Catalan | sòl, terra ferma, terra |
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