land
the land on which real estate is located
How often you will meet it
Rank 466 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 44,250 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.021% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the land on which real estate is located he built the house on land leased from the city
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) also: ground, soil the land had never been plowedgood agricultural soil
- territory over which rule or control is exercised also: domain, demesne his domain extended into Europehe made it the law of the land
- the solid part of the earth's surface also: dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over landthe earth shook for several minutes
- the territory occupied by a nation also: country, state he returned to the land of his birthhe visited several European countries
- a domain in which something is dominant also: kingdom, realm the untroubled kingdom of reasona land of make-believe
land in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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From all Judea, aye, from th' distant land, Each Bethlehemite must come at his command.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · Chapter 1
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They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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The harmless creature at these words, turned himself from me, and I make no doubt got safe to land.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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My father prov'd himself a gentleman, Sold all 's land, and, like a fortunate fellow, Died ere the money was spent.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1