English Explanatory Dictionary

wasteland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
  2. Any barren or uninteresting place.
  3. A devastated, uninhabitable area.
  4. Unused land.

Pronunciation

/ˈweɪs(t)ˌland/ /ˈweɪs(t)ˌlənd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wasteland.wav /ˈweɪs(t)ˌlænd/ /ˈwæes(t)ˌlɛnd/ /ˈwæes(t)ˌlɘnd/

Word forms

wasteland wastelands

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wast lond, modification of earlier weste lond, from Old English weste land (“wasteland”); equivalent to waste + land.

Related words

anecumene wilderness
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