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PARKLAND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

Example:

there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park

Synonyms:

park; parkland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("parkland" 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 "parkland"):

national park (a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property)

safari park (an area of parkland where wild animals are kept and can be viewed by visitors driving through)

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