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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Solid ground; dry land.

Wiktionary

  1. n. land, as opposed to water or air.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. firm or solid earth, as opposed to water.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the solid part of the earth's surface

Etymologies

  1. Latin terra, land + firma, solid (Wiktionary)
  2. New Latin : Latin terra, earth + Latin firma, feminine of firmus, solid. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “My pickup truck fell on its sword this morning as I was driving up here to check on my Porschely friend, who was not as sanguine about the trembling of terra firma as I. ”

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. dry land
  1. solid ground

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. physical object
  1. object

hyponyms (24)

Words that are more specific

  1. neck
  2. America
  3. cape
  4. wonderland
  1. island
  2. timberland
  3. landmass
  4. champaign
  1. isthmus
  2. archipelago
  3. plain
  4. timber
  1. slash
  2. ness
  3. forest
  4. field
  1. mainland
  2. coastal plain
  3. floor
  4. foreland
  1. woodland
  2. beachfront
  3. oxbow
  4. peninsula

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. continent
  1. firm

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