LAND MASS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A large continuous extent of land

Synonyms:

land mass; landmass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("land mass" is a kind of...):

dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "land mass"):

continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth)

subcontinent (a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent)