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LAND/lænd/

Land is the part of the earth that is not the sea: dry land, farm the land, a piece of land. Country is a nation; ground is the surface under your feet. Land is also a verb: the plane landed. Uncountable when you mean earth in general: some land, not “many lands” unless you mean regions. On land is the opposite of at sea.

Meaning

The part of the earth that is not the sea.

Examples

• “Farmers grow food on the land.”
• “They bought a small piece of land outside town.”
• “The ferry reached land at midnight.”

Good to know

on land (not sea). a piece of land. Verb: the plane landed.

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