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

region

field

terrene

grounds

soil

relief

plot

landscape

campus

geographical features

district

dirt

dust

earth

glebe

therrene

climate

band

zona

zone

land configuration

land form

landform

topographic form

lithosome

magmatic body

rock mass

tract

lot

physiognomy

country

geog

geography

layout

Frequency

C2
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”).

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