EGAVE

terrain

About 6.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
  2. noun An area of land or its particular features.
    The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.
  3. noun The surface of the earth; the ground.
    This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.
  4. noun An individual's overall state of health.

Similar words

soil landform coalface land ground hillside field yard turf fieldwork

Often followed by

of and is in was that for to on

Word family

terrains

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