Dictionary - land

Dictionary Results for land

1. land - noun

· the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"

Hypernym(s): real_property, real_estate, realty, immovable

2. land - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): ground, soil

Hypernym(s): object, physical_object

3. land - noun

· territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"

Synonym(s): domain, demesne

Hypernym(s): region

4. land - noun

· the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

Synonym(s): dry_land, earth, ground, solid_ground, terra_firma

Hypernym(s): object, physical_object

5. land - noun

· the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

Synonym(s): country, state

Hypernym(s): administrative_district, administrative_division, territorial_division

6. land - noun

· a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

Synonym(s): kingdom, realm

Hypernym(s): sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena

7. land - noun

· extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

Synonym(s): estate, landed_estate, acres, demesne

Hypernym(s): real_property, real_estate, realty, immovable

8. land - noun

· the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"

Synonym(s): nation, country

Hypernym(s): people

9. land - noun

· a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

Synonym(s): state, nation, country, commonwealth, res_publica, body_politic

Hypernym(s): political_unit, political_entity

10. land - noun

· United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

Synonym(s): Land, Din_Land, Edwin_Herbert_Land

11. land - noun

· agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"

Synonym(s): farming

Hypernym(s): occupation, business, job, line_of_work, line

12. land - verb

· reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"

Synonym(s): set_down