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terra_firma
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | firm ground |
| Synonyms: | dry land, earth, ground, ground covering, solid ground, sure ground, terra, terrain |
| Main Entry: | dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soil |
| Synonyms: | clay, dust, earth, loam, real estate, terra firma |
| Main Entry: | Earth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the world |
| Synonyms: | apple, big blue marble, cosmos, creation, dust*, globe, macrocosm, orb, planet, sphere, star, sublunary world, terra, terra firma, terrene, terrestrial sphere, universe, vale |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | earth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ground, soil |
| Synonyms: | alluvium, clay, clod, coast, compost, deposit, dirt, dry land, dust, fill, glebe, gravel, humus, land, loam, marl, mold, muck, mud, peat moss, sand, shore, sod, subsoil, surface, terra firma, terrain, terrane, topsoil, 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | native land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's native country |
| Synonyms: | God's country, birthplace, country of origin, fatherland, home, homeland, mother country, motherland, native soil, old country, old world, terra firma, the old country |
| Main Entry: | soil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth, dirt |
| Synonyms: | clay, dry land, dust, grime, ground, land, loam, soot, terra firma |
| Main Entry: | soil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land where one lives |
| Synonyms: | country, home, homeland, homestead, region, spread, terra firma |
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