terra firma

Noun
  1. The solid part of the earth's surface (synset 109357302)
    "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
    is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
    subtypes:
    • archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
    • beachfront - a strip of land running along a beach
    • cape, ness - a strip of land projecting into a body of water
    • coastal plain - a plain adjacent to a coast
    • floor - the ground on which people and animals move about
    • foreland - land forming the forward margin of something
    • forest, timber, timberland, woodland - land that is covered with trees and shrubs
    • island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
    • isthmus - a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
    • land mass, landmass - a large continuous extent of land
    • mainland - the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
    • neck - a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
    • oxbow - the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
    • peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
    • champaign, field, plain - extensive tract of level open land
    • slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
    • wonderland - a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
    specific instances: america - North America and South America and Central America
    is a part of: earth, globe, world - the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
    same as: dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground

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