HEATHLAND

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

Synonyms:

heath; heathland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("heathland" is a kind of...):

barren; waste; wasteland (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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