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fellfield

fellfield noun: a type of open area on windy slopes or ridges at very high altitudes or latitudes where the climate is too cold and dry for anything but sparse, low-growing plants amid rocks and bare soil.

fellfield: a type of open area on windy slopes or ridges at very high altitudes or latitudes where the climate...
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Noun

fellfield (countable and uncountable, plural fellfields)

  1. A type of open area on windy slopes or ridges at very high altitudes or latitudes where the climate is too cold and dry for anything but sparse, low-growing plants amid rocks and bare soil.
  2. The vegetation in such areas.

Forms of fellfield

pluralfellfields
alternative formfell-field

Origin of fellfield

From fell + field.

Questions about fellfield

What does fellfield mean?
Fellfield means a type of open area on windy slopes or ridges at very high altitudes or latitudes where the climate is too cold and dry for anything but sparse, low-growing plants amid rocks and bare soil.
What part of speech is fellfield?
Fellfield is a noun.
What is the plural of fellfield?
The plural of fellfield is fellfields.

Words near fellfield in the dictionary

  1. fellermelads
  2. fellers
  3. fellest
  4. fellfare
  5. fellfares
  6. fellfield
  7. fellfields
  8. Fellgate
  9. fellic
  10. fellies
  11. fellifluous

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