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land
noun as in earth's surface; ownable property
Strongest matches
acreage, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, district, earth, estate, farmland, field, ground, home, homeland, nation, parcel, plot, province, ranch, real estate, region, shore, soil, terrain, territory, tract
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acres, dirt, expanse, extent, farming, grounds, holding, loam, mainland, manor, purlieu, quarry, realty, sod, stretch, sweep, tillage
Weak matches
verb as in arrive, come to rest on
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Weak matches
bring in, check in, come ashore, come down, come in, come to berth, descend upon, drop anchor, flatten out, get down, level off, light on, make land, put down, put in, set down, set on deck, sit down, splash down, take down
Example Sentences
By phasing out sugar, we could spare land that could be rewilded and stock up on carbon.
Another issue is the process of demining once a conflict is over, and clearing land that has been mined can take a long period of time.
A baby's remains have been discovered on land near a motorway, police said.
He would say, "Elon with his rocket ships that land within 12 inches on the moon where they want it to land..."
They have outstanding eye-vision and sophisticated communication that allows them to monitor very large areas of land when many individuals work together.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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