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shadowland

shadowland noun: a shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply.

Noun

shadowland (plural shadowlands)

  1. A shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply.
    • You can find a fair number of stage bootlegs if you know your way around the shadowlands of file sharing, but not nearly enough of it is available via normal commercial channels.2009 January 4, Ben Ratliff, “One Young Band Among Some Older Sounds”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    twilight zone

Synonyms of shadowland

Forms of shadowland

pluralshadowlands

Origin of shadowland

From shadow + land.

Questions about shadowland

What does shadowland mean?
Shadowland means a shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply.
What part of speech is shadowland?
Shadowland is a noun.
What is the plural of shadowland?
The plural of shadowland is shadowlands.

Words near shadowland in the dictionary

  1. shadowinesses
  2. shadowing
  3. shadowings
  4. shadowish
  5. shadowishly
  6. shadowland
  7. shadowlands
  8. shadowless
  9. shadowlessness
  10. shadowlike
  11. shadowplay

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