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LOWLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low level country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("lowland" is a kind of...):
depression; natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lowland"):
landfill (a low area that has been filled in)
Instance hyponyms:
Lowlands; Lowlands of Scotland (the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous)
Antonym:
highland (elevated (e.g., mountainous) land)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of relatively low or level country
Classified under:
Similar:
low-lying; sea-level (lying below the normal level)
Antonym:
upland (used of high or hilly country)
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