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| Main Entry: |
plain
 [pleyn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level land |
| Synonyms: | champaign, expanse, field, flat, flatland, grassland, heath, level, meadow, moor, moorland, open country, plateau, prairie, steppe, tundra |
| Notes: | plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear' |
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| Main Entry: | expanse |
| 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: | grassland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meadow |
| Synonyms: | campo, field, llano, pampas, pasture, plain, prairie, range, savanna, steppe, sward, swarth, veldt |
Example Sentences
- To the east, a one-hour drive takes you through high and low valleys and tropical plains.
- Mine is the wild-type sunflower, native to the plains.
- Multihued summits-whittled by ancient glaciers into walls and horns-rise abruptly from gently rolling plains.
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horizontal position or thing |
| Synonyms: | altitude, elevation, floor, height, layer, plain, plane, story, stratum, surface, zone |
| Main Entry: | meadow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grassy field |
| Synonyms: | bottoms, carpet, grassland, heath, lea, mead, pasturage, pasture, plain, prairie, rug, steppe, veldt |
| Main Entry: | mesa |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plateau |
| Synonyms: | butte, elevation, highland, plain, tableland, upland |
| Main Entry: | plateau |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level; flat, often high, land |
| Synonyms: | elevation, highland, mesa, plain, stage, table, tableland, upland |
| Main Entry: | prairie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grassland |
| Synonyms: | grassy field, meadow, pasturage, pasture, plain, savanna, steppe, veldt |
| Main Entry: | savanna/savannah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grassland |
| Synonyms: | grassy field, llano, meadow, pasturage, pasture, plain, prairie, steppe, veldt |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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