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WASTELAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wasteland mean?
• WASTELAND (noun)
The noun WASTELAND has 1 sense:
1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Familiarity information: WASTELAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Context example:
the trackless wastes of the desert
Hypernyms ("wasteland" is a kind of...):
wild; wilderness (a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wasteland"):
heath; heathland (a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation)
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