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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large space, usually open |
| Synonyms: | amplitude, area, belt, breadth, compass, distance, domain, extension, extent, field, immensity, latitude, length, margin, orbit, plain, radius, range, reach, region, remoteness, room, scope, span, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, territory, tract, uninterrupted space, width, wilderness |
| Main Entry: | gamut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range |
| Synonyms: | area, catalogue, compass, diapason, extent, field, panorama, scale, scope, series, spectrum, sweep |
| Notes: | gamut is a complete extent or range; gauntlet is a form of punishment or torture in which a person is forced to run between two lines of people facing each other and armed with clubs, whips, and other weapons to beat the victim, or to offer or accept a challenge, or a protective glove with long sleeve |
| Main Entry: | garden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivated plants, flowers |
| Synonyms: | back yard, bed, cold frame, conservatory, enclosure, field, greenhouse, hothouse, nursery, oasis, patch, patio, plot, terrace |
| Main Entry: | grassland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meadow |
| Synonyms: | campo, field, llano, pampas, pasture, plain, prairie, range, savanna, steppe, sward, swarth, veldt |
| Main Entry: | green |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | square or park in center of town |
| Synonyms: | common, field, grass, grassplot, lawn, plaza, sward, terrace, turf |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth, land |
| Synonyms: | arena, dirt, dust, field, landscape, loam, old sod, park, real estate, sand, sod, soil, terra firma, terrain, turf |
| Antonyms: | heavens, sky |
| Main Entry: | jurisdiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of authority |
| Synonyms: | administration, arbitration, area, authority, bailiwick, bounds, circuit, command, commission, compass, confines, control, discretion, district, domination, dominion, empire, extent, field, hegemony, influence, inquisition, judicature, limits, magistracy, might, orbit, power, prerogative, province, purview, range, reach, reign, right, rule, say, scope, slot, sovereignty, sphere, stomping grounds, supervision, sway, territory, turf*, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kingdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, an area ruled by a monarch |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, country, county, crown, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, field, lands, monarchy, nation, possessions, principality, province, realm, reign, rule, scepter, sovereignty, sphere, state, suzerainty, sway, territory, throne, tract |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth's surface; ownable property |
| Synonyms: | acreage, acres, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, farmland, field, ground, grounds, holding, home, homeland, loam, mainland, manor, nation, old sod, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, quinta, ranch, real estate, realty, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra firma, terrain, territory, tillage, tract |
| Antonyms: | sea, sky |
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