land

Roget-categorie 342

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.2. Fluid matter

#342. Land

zelfstandig naamwoord

land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.
continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta — tongue of land, neck of land — isthmus, oasis — promontory etc. (projection) 250 — highland etc. (height) 206.
coast, shore, scar, strand, beach — playa — bank, lea — seaboard, seaside, seabank^†, seacoast, seabeach^† — ironbound coast — loom of the land — derelict — innings — alluvium, alluvion^† — ancon.
riverbank, river bank, levee.
soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge^†, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot — rock, crag.
acres — real estate etc. (property) 780 — landsman^†.

werkwoord

land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land — come ashore, go ashore, debark.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian — alluvial — terrene etc. (world) 318 — landed, predial^†, territorial — geophilous^† — ripicolous.

bijwoord

ashore — on shore, on land.

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