grassland

CEFRB2

/ɡrˈæˌslænd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Open land covered mainly with grass.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A hamlet in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.

Examples

  • Ziri made it back to the grassland.

  • Ziri walked across the grassland.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A rural municipality (the Municipality of Grassland) in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada.

  2. An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.

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Origin

noun

From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).