Phrase guide

dry land

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Land consistently free of inundation, as opposed to semiaquatic environs (marshes) and aquatic environs (bodies of water).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: terra firma, solid ground

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: terra firma, on solid ground

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land

2

noun

Meaning 2

the solid part of the earth's surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
  • the earth shook for several minutes
  • he dropped the logs on the ground

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: object, physical object

Narrower terms: archipelago, beachfront, cape, ness, coastal plain, floor, foreland, forest, woodland, timberland, timber, island, isthmus, landmass, land mass, mainland, neck, oxbow, peninsula, plain, field, champaign, slash, wonderland, America

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: куру јер (kuru ǰer) — land as opposed to sea
  • Arabic: بَرّ (barr) — land as opposed to sea
  • Arabic: يَابِسَة (yābisa) — land as opposed to sea
  • Arabic: بر (barr) — land as opposed to sea
  • Aramaic: ܒܪܐ (barrā) — land as opposed to sea
  • Azerbaijani: quru — land as opposed to sea
  • Bashkir: ҡоро ер (qoro yer) — land as opposed to sea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陸地 /陆地 (lùdì) — land as opposed to sea
  • Finnish: kuiva maa — land as opposed to sea
  • Finnish: maankamara — land as opposed to sea
  • Finnish: maa — land as opposed to sea
  • Ancient Greek: χέρσος (khérsos) — land as opposed to sea
  • Hebrew: יַבָּשָׁה (yabashá) — land as opposed to sea
  • Hebrew: חָרָבָה (kharavá) — land as opposed to sea
  • Hungarian: szárazföld — land as opposed to sea
  • Ingrian: kuiva maa — land as opposed to sea
  • Kazakh: құрлық (qūrlyq) — land as opposed to sea
  • Kazakh: құрғақтылық (qūrğaqtylyq) — land as opposed to sea
  • Kazakh: құры (qūry) — land as opposed to sea
  • Kazakh: құрғақ жер (qūrğaq jer) — land as opposed to sea
  • Kumyk: къуру (quru) — land as opposed to sea
  • Lao: ບົກ (bok) — land as opposed to sea
  • Latvian: sauszeme — land as opposed to sea
  • Latvian: cietzeme — land as opposed to sea
  • Macedonian: копно (kopno) — land as opposed to sea
  • Marshallese: aelōn̄ — land as opposed to sea
  • Old Tupi: ybyeté — land as opposed to sea
  • Portuguese: terra firme — land as opposed to sea
  • Romanian: uscat — land as opposed to sea
  • Russian: су́ша (súša) — land as opposed to sea
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̏пно — land as opposed to sea
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍpno — land as opposed to sea
  • Spanish: tierra firme — land as opposed to sea
  • Swedish: torra land — land as opposed to sea
  • Tatar: коры җир (qorı cir) — land as opposed to sea
  • Thai: บก (bòk) — land as opposed to sea
  • Tuvan: кургаг чер (kurgag çer) — land as opposed to sea