PIECE OF GROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does piece of ground mean? 

• PIECE OF GROUND (noun)
  The noun PIECE OF GROUND has 1 sense:

1. an extended area of land

  Familiarity information: PIECE OF GROUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIECE OF GROUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An extended area of land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract

Hypernyms ("piece of ground" is a kind of...):

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piece of ground"):

range (a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze)

parade ground (an area for holding parades)

fairground (an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses)

midway (the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located)

fairway (a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement)

park; parkland (a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property)

common; commons; green; park (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area)

picnic area; picnic ground (a tract of land set aside for picnicking)

public square; square (an open area at the meeting of two or more streets)

toll plaza (an area where tollbooths are located)

mud flat (a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide)

sector (a portion of a military position)

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

subdivision (an area composed of subdivided lots)

mine field (a tract of land containing explosive mines)

terrain (a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential)

patch; plot; plot of ground; plot of land (a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation)

lot (a parcel of land having fixed boundaries)

yard (a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings))

yard (a tract of land where logs are accumulated)

minefield (a region in which explosives mines have been placed)

center; center field; centerfield (the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher)

left; left field; leftfield (the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left)

outfield (the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases)

right; right field; rightfield (the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right)

short (the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed)

railway yard; railyard; yard (an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines)

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

oasis (a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface))

battlefield; battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor (a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought)

baseball diamond; diamond; infield (the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate)

breeding ground (a place where animals breed)

clearing; glade (a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area)

field (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed)

field of fire (the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position)

grounds (a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.))

athletic field; field; playing area; playing field (a piece of land prepared for playing a game)

industrial park (a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories)

grassland (land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life)

 Context examples 

She had long ago bought, out of her own savings, a little piece of ground in our old churchyard near the grave of “her sweet girl”, as she always called my mother; and there they were to rest.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)