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scablands

scablands is the plural of scabland.

Meaning of scabland

Noun

scabland (plural scablands)

  1. (US) High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.
    • he was determined at least never to have to go back, never to end up again down some gopher-ridden trail through the scabland, howling at the unexplained and unresponsive moon.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 780

Questions about scablands

What is scablands the plural of?
Scablands is the plural of scabland.

Words near scablands in the dictionary

  1. scabiosity
  2. scabious
  3. scabiouses
  4. scabish
  5. scabland
  6. scablands
  7. scabless
  8. scablike
  9. scabling
  10. scablings
  11. scabrate

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