champaign

Noun
  1. Extensive tract of level open land (synset 109416498)
    "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
    is a type of: dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma - the solid part of the earth's surface
    subtypes:
    • flat - a level tract of land
    • flood plain, floodplain - a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
    • llano - an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)
    • moor, moorland - open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
    • peneplain, peneplane - a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
    • snowfield - a permanent wide expanse of snow
    • steppe - extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
    • tundra - a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
    specific instances:
    • olympia - a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games
    • nullarbor plain - a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center
    • serengeti, serengeti plain - a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife
    same as: field, plain
  2. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana (synset 109105793)
    is an instance of: town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
    is a part of: il, ill., illinois, land of lincoln, prairie state - a midwestern state in north-central United States

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