airth

Noun

earth (countable and uncountable, plural earths)

1. (uncountable) Soil.
   • This is good earth for growing potatoes.
2. (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
   • She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.
3. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
   • Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.
4. (UK) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
5. The lair or den (as a hole in the ground, or a system of tunnels) of an animal, such as a badger.
   • When a new earth is made I have always found the badger appropriate the holes of rabbits, and proceed to excavate, enlarge, and open them out.1898, Sir Alfred Edward Pease, The Badger, Lawrence and Bullen, page 44

   Synonyms:

   burrow, warren

6. A region of the planet; a land or country.

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