noun
the solid part of the earth's surface
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the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
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the earth shook for several minutes
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he dropped the logs on the ground
• Syn: ↑land, ↑dry land, ↑earth, ↑ground, ↑terra firma
• Hypernyms: ↑object, ↑physical object
• Hyponyms:
↑archipelago, ↑beachfront, ↑cape, ↑ness, ↑coastal plain, ↑floor, ↑foreland, ↑forest, ↑woodland, ↑timberland, ↑timber, ↑island, ↑isthmus, ↑landmass, ↑land mass, ↑mainland, ↑neck, ↑oxbow, ↑peninsula, ↑plain, ↑field, ↑champaign, ↑slash, ↑wonderland
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑America
Useful english dictionary. 2012.