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HUNTING GROUND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An area in which game is hunted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("hunting ground" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A place where opportunities abound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hunting ground" is a kind of...):
chance; opportunity (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances)