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HEATHLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
Synonyms:
heath; heathland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("heathland" is a kind of...):
barren; waste; wasteland (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)