English > land site: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located). |
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| Synonym | site |
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| Instances | Lateran | The site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace |
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| ground zero | The site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed |
| Narrower | apron | (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green |
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| bomb site | An area in a town that has been devastated by bombs |
| camp, summer camp | A site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months |
| campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area | A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent |
| cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis | A tract of land used for burials |
| dig, excavation, archeological site | The site of an archeological exploration |
| dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite | A piece of land where waste materials are dumped |
| fairway | The area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short |
| green, putting green, putting surface | An area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course |
| launching site | A place for launching pads |
| monument | An important site that is marked and preserved as public property |
| premises | Land and the buildings on it |
| rough | The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
| tee, teeing ground | The starting place for each hole on a golf course |
| toxic site, toxic waste area, Superfund site | A site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
| Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
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| Spanish | emplazamiento |
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| Catalan | emplaçament |
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