land

the solid part of the surface of the earth

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

land


4 Phonemes

l a n d


onset, rime

l a n d


1 Morpheme

land


Local Voices

Cyprus

Sentence Examples

The land stretched as far as you could see.

They cleared some land to grow crops.

After two days of sailing, we were miles from land.

They invaded the country by land and by sea.

They own land in Alaska.

They bought some land and built a house.

His lands extend as far as the eye can see.

He was the most powerful politician in the land.

The plane landed on the runway.

We watched the seaplanes landing on the water.

The bird landed in a tree.

A butterfly landed on the flower.

Our flight was scheduled to land in Pittsburgh at 4:00.

It was raining heavily at the airport when we landed.

The pilot was able to land the plane on the runway.

The golf ball landed in the trees.

I could not see where the ball landed.

The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

acreage

area

beach

continent

country

countryside

district

earth

estate

farmland

field

ground

home

homeland

nation

parcel

plot

province

ranch

region

shore

soil

terrain

territory

tract

acres

dirt

expanse

extent

farming

grounds

holding

loam

mainland

manor

purlieu

quarry

realty

sod

stretch

sweep

tillage

quinta

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

land

dry land

land in

land grab

land mass

land with

common land

crash-land

land agent

land-based

land bridge

land guard

land office

land reform

Land Roverâ„¢

land yacht

la-la land

land grabber

land grabbing

land registry

Rhymes

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

and

band

hand

sand

stand

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