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LAND MASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large continuous extent of land
Synonyms:
land mass; landmass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("land mass" is a kind of...):
dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "land mass"):
continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth)
subcontinent (a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent)
