grassland
grassland noun: an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
Noun
grassland (countable and uncountable, plural grasslands)
- An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
- Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33
Proper noun capitalized: Grassland
Grassland
- A hamlet in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.
- A rural municipality (the Municipality of Grassland) in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Lynn County, Texas, United States.
grassland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
grassland in Hindi
- an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
- घासभूमि ghāsbhūmi
grassland in Tamil
- புன்னிலம்
grassland in Marathi
- गवताळ जमीन
grassland in Urdu
- چراہ گاہ, گیاہستان, کاہستان
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- grassland in Bengali
- তৃণভূমি, ঘাসের জমি
- grassland in Telugu
- గడ్డి నేల, గడ్డి భూమి
- grassland in Kannada
- ತುರುಗಾಡು, ಹುಲ್ಲುಗಾವಲು
- grassland in Punjabi
- ਘਾਹ ਦਾ ਮੈਦਾਨ, ਘਾਹ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ
- grassland in Gujarati
- બીડ bīḍ
- grassland in Odia
- ତୃଣଭୂମି, ତୃଣଭୂମିର
- grassland in Assamese
- ঘাঁহনি ghãhoni
- grassland in Nepali
- घाँसको मैदान
- grassland in Arabic
- مَرْعَى marʕā
- grassland in Thai
- ทุ่งหญ้า tûng-yâa
- grassland in Vietnamese
- đồng cỏ, thảo nguyên
Examples of grassland in a sentence
- They inhabit open country, from arid scrub to moister, high-altitude grasslands.
- Of all the vertebrates, the herptiles (reptiles and amphibians), mammals and birds predominate in terrestrial grassland ecosystems.
- Grasslands, bordering the marismas but usually separated from them by a belt of rushes Juncus spp. 7.
Forms of grassland
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Origin of grassland
From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).
Words formed from grassland
Phrases with grassland
Questions about grassland
- What does grassland mean?
- Grassland means an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
- What is grassland in Hindi?
- Grassland in Hindi is घासभूमि (ghāsbhūmi). See Grassland meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grassland?
- Grassland can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of grassland?
- The plural of grassland is grasslands.
Words near grassland in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grassland (page history and authors); Grassland (page history and authors); grassland (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grassland (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grassland (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grassland (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grassland (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grassland (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grassland (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grassland (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grassland (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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