noun
a large continuous extent of land
• Syn: ↑landmass
• Hypernyms: ↑land, ↑dry land, ↑earth, ↑ground, ↑solid ground, ↑terra firma
• Hyponyms: ↑continent, ↑subcontinent
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a continent or large area of land surrounded by sea
the Antarctic land mass
Thesaurus: large areas of landhyponym
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land mass, or land|mass «LAND MAS», noun.
a large, unbroken area of land, especially a continent: »
Antarctica is the earth's coldest land mass. The former Soviet Union and its satellites formed a land mass that extended from eastern Europe through most of Asia.
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a large area of land, for example a continent
Useful english dictionary. 2012.