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landmass

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈlænd.mæs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D M AE2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a large continuous extent of land

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: land mass

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma

Narrower terms: continent, subcontinent

History

Etymology

From land + mass.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 陸地 /陆地 (lùdì) — large continuous area of land
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大陸 /大陆 (dàlù) — large continuous area of land
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大片陸地 /大片陆地 (dàpiàn lùdì) — large continuous area of land
  • Dutch: landmassa — large continuous area of land
  • Finnish: maamassa — large continuous area of land
  • French: masse terrestre — large continuous area of land
  • German: Landfläche — large continuous area of land
  • German: Landmasse — large continuous area of land
  • German: Festland — large continuous area of land
  • Greek: ήπειρος (ípeiros) — large continuous area of land
  • Irish: mórchríoch — large continuous area of land
  • Japanese: 陸地 (rikuchi) — large continuous area of land
  • Korean: 대륙 (daeryuk) — large continuous area of land
  • Russian: су́ша (súša) — large continuous area of land
  • Russian: твердь (tverdʹ) — large continuous area of land
  • Spanish: masa de tierra — large continuous area of land
  • Swedish: landmassa — large continuous area of land