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plotland

plotland noun: land that is used by itinerant people for the construction of temporary dwellings.

Noun

plotland (plural plotlands)

  1. Land that is used by itinerant people for the construction of temporary dwellings.
    • To cater for the new army of motorists, a sprawling infrastructure of petrol stations, motels and car parks crept across Britain. So did a new landscape of unauthorised plotlands.2009 February 16, Tristram Hunt, “Clarkson's philistines would appal these pootling pioneers”, in The Guardian

Forms of plotland

pluralplotlands

Origin of plotland

From plot + land.

Questions about plotland

What does plotland mean?
Plotland means land that is used by itinerant people for the construction of temporary dwellings.
What part of speech is plotland?
Plotland is a noun.
What is the plural of plotland?
The plural of plotland is plotlands.

Words near plotland in the dictionary

  1. Plotinist
  2. Plotinists
  3. Plotinus
  4. Plotkin
  5. Plotkins
  6. plotland
  7. plotlands
  8. plotless
  9. plotlessly
  10. plotlessness
  11. plotlet

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