Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An elevated area of barren rocky land with little or no soil cover, often crossed by dry stream channels.

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  • noun US, geography High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.

Etymologies

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From scab + land.

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  • The Turnbull Wildlife Refuge protects 16,000 acres of scabland habitat near Cheney.

    The Seattle Times 2009

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