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Plains
/pleɪnz/
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
📖 Definitions of "Plains"
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A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
"There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field."
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A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
"A crop circle was made in a corn field."
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A place where competitive matches are carried out.
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Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.
- 1
A lamentation.
- 1
To complain.
- 2
To lament, bewail.
"to plain a loss"
- 1
An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Plains"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| self-coloured | (British spelling) Of a single uniform colour. |
| solidnoun | (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas). |
| trimnoun | (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders. |
| homely | (Canada, US) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive. |
| merenoun | Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line. |
| kicknoun | A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee. |
| tailored | Adjusted by a tailor, fitted. |
| sheernoun | A sheer curtain or fabric. |
| apparent | Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. |
| generalnoun | (military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. |
| champaignnoun | (geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside. |
| manifestnoun | A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship. |
| knitnoun | A knitted garment. |
| fieldnoun | A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country. |
| popularnoun | A person who is popular, especially at a school. |
| literalnoun | (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program. |
| severenoun | A surname. |
| starknoun | A surname. |
| evidently | In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. |
| obvious | Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory. |
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