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LAND SITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
Example:
a good site for the school
Synonyms:
land site; site
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("land site" is a kind of...):
parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "land site"):
Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area (a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up)
tee; teeing ground (the starting place for each hole on a golf course)
rough (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short)
premises (land and the buildings on it)
monument (an important site that is marked and preserved as public property)
launching site (a place for launching pads)
green; putting green; putting surface (an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course)
fairway (the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short)
dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard (a piece of land where waste materials are dumped)
archeological site; dig; excavation (the site of an archeological exploration)
burial ground; burial site; burying ground; cemetery; graveyard; memorial park; necropolis (a tract of land used for burials)
bivouac; campground; camping area; camping ground; camping site; campsite; encampment (a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent)
bomb site (an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs)
apron ((golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green)
camp; summer camp (a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months)
Instance hyponyms:
ground zero (the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed)
Lateran (the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace)
