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/lænd/ 
| singular | land |
| plural | lands |
- 1[uncountable] an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as farming or building
acres of agricultural land
The land around here is quite flat.
- b.[uncountable] an area that someone owns, often including the buildings on it. You can also refer to someone’s lands, and this has the same meaning
The company bought the land last year.
Some of his land had been flooded.
Their ancient tribal lands have been taken away.
a vacant plot of land (=piece of land)
phrases
find out/see how the land lies
in the land of the living
humorous
This is the British English definition of land. View American English definition of land
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