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Synonyms for terrain

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tuh-reyn
Phonetic Transcription : təˈreɪn

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Définition of terrain

Origin :
  • 1727, "ground for training horses," from French terrain "piece of earth, ground, land," from Old French (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum "land, ground," from neuter of terrenus "of earth, earthly," from terra "earth, land," literally "dry land" (as opposed to "sea"); from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (cf. Sanskrit tarsayati "dries up," Avestan tarshu- "dry, solid," Greek teresesthai "to become or be dry," Latin torrere "dry up, parch," Gothic þaursus "dry, barren," Old High German thurri, German dürr, Old English þyrre "dry;" Old English þurstig "thirsty"). Meaning "tract of country, considered with regard to its natural features" first attested 1766.
  • noun landscape
Example sentences :
  • There came a new swaying that was not the roughness of the terrain.
  • Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Jan, his head just above ground level, surveyed the terrain.
  • Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Where the terrain was level enough, hundreds of jack rabbits were seen.
  • Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
  • The man with the lantern walked straight to the point of the Terrain.
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • For a few minutes there was silence, as Seaton studied the terrain beneath them.
  • Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Kessler moved the map nearer and the terrain sprang up in detail.
  • Extract from : « Bolden's Pets » by F. L. Wallace
  • The descriptions of terrain and physical features in the log were accurate enough.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • But the terrain is strewn with gullies and hillocks, with boulders and tangled timber.
  • Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
  • They also are searching all the terrain for any signs of activity on the part of the Boche.
  • Extract from : « Dastral of the Flying Corps » by Rowland Walker
  • The terrain is splendidly utilized—these men know how to fight.
  • Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix

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