land in English: The ground, the dry part of the earth that is not the sea. (noun)

Translation

The ground, the dry part of the earth that is not the sea.

Word origin

From Old English land, meaning ground or country.

Gender

Plurallands

, .

"Land" is the dry ground, not the sea.

.

Here "land" means ground where you can grow food.

.

In this sense "land" is uncountable, so it has no plural.

sea

The sea is the large area of salt water that covers most of the world.

field

A wide piece of open ground, often with grass, where food grows or animals stay.

earth

The planet where we live, or the ground and soil under our feet.

farm

A large piece of land where people grow food and keep animals.

country

A land with its own people, government, and borders, like France or Japan.

emperor

A man who rules an empire, which is a group of countries. An emperor is above a king.

kingdom

A country that a king or a queen rules.

property

Something that belongs to a person, especially land or a building.

(1)

(3)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.