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Type Words
Synonyms ground, soil
Type of physical object, object
Has types farmland, bottom, bottomland, overburden, rangeland, sod, badlands, cultivated land, wetland, sward, tilth, plowland, coastland, polder, ploughland, greensward, permafrost, turf, tilled land, tillage, scablands


the land had never been plowed.
Type Words
Synonyms country, state
Type of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
Has types asian country, motherland, homeland, mother country, african nation, sultanate, asian nation, north american country, south american country, kingdom, fatherland, south american nation, native land, european nation, european country, banana republic, tax haven, african country, buffer country, north american nation, buffer state, country of origin


he returned to the land of his birth.
Type Words
Synonyms body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state
Type of political entity, political unit
Has types sea power, foreign country, superpower, major power, world power, rogue state, rogue nation, ally, dominion, suzerain, reich, city-state, great power, developing country, commonwealth country, renegade state, power, city state


an industrialized land.
Type Words
Synonyms din land, edwin herbert land
Type Words
Synonyms acres, demesne, estate, landed estate
Type of realty, immovable, real property, real estate
Has types hacienda, countryseat, crown land, plantation, barony, entail, feoff, fief, seigneury, freehold, seigniory, signory, glebe, smallholding, manor, homestead, leasehold


the family owned a large estate on Long Island.
Type Words
Synonyms set down
Type of get, come, arrive
Has types disembark, crash land, belly-land, force-land, perch, debark, set down, touch down, alight, light, beach, undershoot, port
Derivation lander, landing


The bird landed on the highest branch.
The plane landed in Istanbul.
Type Words
Synonyms bring
Type of alter, modify, change


this may land you in jail.
Type Words
Synonyms country, nation
Type of people
Has types swiss people, irish people, irish, spanish people, spanish, french people, french, english people, english, dutch people, dutch, brits, british people, british, swiss
Type Words
Synonyms set ashore, shore
Type of get, come, arrive
Derivation landing


The ship landed in Pearl Harbor.
Type Words
Synonyms bring down, put down
Type of arrive, get, come
Derivation landing


the pilot managed to land the airplane safely.
Type Words
Synonyms farming
Type of business, line of work, line, job, occupation


there's no work on the land any more.
Type Words
Synonyms dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
Type of object, physical object
Has types oxbow, peninsula, timberland, landmass, mainland, plain, beachfront, isthmus, timber, coastal plain, champaign, cape, island, floor, field, wonderland, woodland, land mass, slash, forest, foreland, neck, ness, archipelago


the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land.
Type Words
Synonyms down, shoot down


the enemy landed several of our aircraft.
Type Words
Synonyms demesne, domain
Type of region
Has types emirate, archduchy, barony, duchy, dukedom, earldom, empire, fiefdom, viscounty, grand duchy, imperium, khanate, kingdom, suzerainty, sheikhdom, sheikdom, princedom, principality, realm


he made it the law of the land.
Type Words
Synonyms kingdom, realm
Type of field, area, sphere, arena, domain, orbit
Has types lotus land, lotusland


a land of make-believe.
Type Words
Type of take, bring, convey
Has types strand, ground, run aground
Derivation landing


The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island.
Type Words
Type of deliver, drive home


He landed several blows on his opponent's head.
Type Words
Type of realty, immovable, real property, real estate
Has types no man's land, homestead, farmstead


he built the house on land leased from the city.

Examples of land

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The closest land to Abby's boat was Reunion Island, which is east of Madagascar.
From the abcnews.go.com
How can a parcel of land, of that size get sold for that little amount of money.
From the newsday.com
Royalties are the state's share of production from the oil fields on state land.
From the thenewstribune.com
If that is approved, the land trust would apply for some of that money, he said.
From the thenewstribune.com
Emitel operates a land-based television and radio broadcasting system in Poland.
From the bloomberg.com
Earlier today, President Barack Obama ruled out a land invasion to oust Gadhafi.
From the bostonherald.com
Yun announced a government campaign beginning in March to stop illegal land use.
From the usatoday.com
The money is supposed to help maintain preserves and to buy land to expand them.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Three-hour eagle-watching tours are offered aboard the yacht or on land in vans.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
  • The land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"
  • Cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
  • Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
  • Bring: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
  • Domain: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
  • A LAND (Local Area Network Denial) attack is a DoS (Denial of Service) attack that consists of sending a special poison spoofed packet to a computer, causing it to lock up. ...
  • The suffix -land which can be found in several countries' name and country subdivisions indicates a toponymy -- a land. The word came via Germanic "."
  • Land is a two disc compilation album by Patti Smith, released March 19, 2002 on Arista Records. Land contains a collection of recordings from her 8 previous albums on the first disc, along with B-sides and unreleased songs on the second disc. ...