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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | district |
| Synonyms: | area, band, belt, circuit, ground, realm, region, section, sector, segment, sphere, territory, tract |
| Main Entry: | belt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strip of land with characteristic feature |
| Synonyms: | area, district, layer, region, stretch, territory, tract, zone |
| Main Entry: | circuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution, track, boundary |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bounds, circle, circling, circulation, circumference, circumnavigation, circumscription, circumvolution, compass, course, cycle, district, gyration, gyre, journey, lap, limit, line, orbit, perambulation, perimeter, periphery, range, region, round, route, tour, tract, turn, turning, twirl, way, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, zone |
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, periphery |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscription, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone |
| Main Entry: | enclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area bounded by something |
| Synonyms: | asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad, quadrangle, region, room, stadium, stockade, sty, vault, walk, yard, zone |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | grounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | estate, domain |
| Synonyms: | acreage, area, campus, country, district, environs, fields, gardens, habitat, holding, land, lot, premises, property, real estate, realm, sphere, spot, terrace, terrain, territory, tract, zone |
| 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: | layer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, tier |
| Synonyms: | band, bed, blanket, coat, coping, couch, course, cover, covering, film, flag, flap, floor, fold, girdle, lamina, lamination, lap, mantle, overlap, overlay, panel, ply, row, seam, sheet, slab, story, stratum, stripe, substratum, thickness, zone |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horizontal position or thing |
| Synonyms: | altitude, elevation, floor, height, layer, plain, plane, story, stratum, surface, zone |
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