English Explanatory Dictionary

grassland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
name
  1. A hamlet in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.
  2. A rural municipality (the Municipality of Grassland) in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Lynn County, Texas, United States.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-grassland.wav

Word forms

grassland grasslands

Etymology

From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).

Related words

ing lea llano meadow outback pampa paramo prairie savanna steppe veld

Derived words

agrograssland Alpine grassland orange grasslander
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