terrain

Meaning

1. A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
2. An area of land or the particular features of it.
3. The surface of the earth; the ground.

Synonyms

ground

land

topography

territory

terrene

field

region

grounds

landscape

plot

relief

soil

tract

zone

zona

geographical features

therrene

climate

geography

rock mass

land form

topographic form

land configuration

lithosome

magmatic body

band

geog

campus

country

dirt

district

dust

earth

glebe

landform

layout

lot

physiognomy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tə.ˈɹeɪn/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).

Sentences

The surface of this feature has low ridges and patches of level terrain .

The effectiveness of the spraying was influenced by many factors including weather and terrain .

The committee also acquired adjacent acreage of naturally rolling terrain from other sources .