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HEATHLAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heathland mean?
• HEATHLAND (noun)
The noun HEATHLAND has 1 sense:
1. a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
Familiarity information: HEATHLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
heath; heathland
Hypernyms ("heathland" is a kind of...):
barren; waste; wasteland (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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