land

/lænd/

The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

Most insects live on land.

Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.

There are 50 acres of land in this estate.

A country or region.

A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.

The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.

wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes

(often in combination) realm, domain.

I'm going to Disneyland.

The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.

A shock or fright.

He got an awful land when the police arrived.

A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.

In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.

(travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.

Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.

The ground or floor.

The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.

In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.

A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.