English Explanatory Dictionary

deadland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Wasteland; a desert or other place that does not support life.
  2. A place of death; a deadly land.
  3. The afterlife, especially in belief systems that do not include reward or punishment such as heaven and hell.

Word forms

deadland deadlands

Etymology

From dead + land.

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