terrain
Meaning
- A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
- An area of land or the particular features of it.
- 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
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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