wasteland

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

desolate place

barren land

waste ground

wild land

waste plot

area overgrown with weeds

deserted place

airidity

uncultivated ground

uncultivated plot

vacant ground

left over area

derelict land

vacant land

deserted land

vast plain

Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈweɪs(t)ˌland/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

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

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