(dry) land
1dry land — n [U] land rather than water ▪ After three weeks at sea we were glad to be back on dry land again …
2dry land — noun uncount land, rather than the ocean, a river, or a lake …
3dry-land — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: dry land 1. : of, relating to, or found on terra firma where the toad is called a dry land frog dry land rice 2. usually dryland : of or relating to arid regions or to dry farming …
4dry land — N UNCOUNT: oft on N If you talk about dry land, you are referring to land, in contrast to the sea or the air. We were glad to be on dry land again …
5dry land — noun (U) land rather than water: After three weeks at sea we were glad to be back on dry land again …
6dry-land farmer — «DRY LAND», = dry farmer. (Cf. ↑dry farmer) …
7dry-land farming — dry land farming, = dry farming. (Cf. ↑dry farming) …
8dry land — land, shore; land that receives little rainfall …
9dry land — noun the solid part of the earth s surface the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land the earth shook for several minutes he dropped the logs on the ground • Syn: ↑land, ↑earth, ↑ground, ↑solid ground, ↑ …
10dry land — Synonyms and related words: acres, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, clay, clod, crust, dirt, dust, earth, freehold, glebe, grassland, ground, land, landholdings, lithosphere, marginal land, marl, mold, real estate, real property, region, regolith …
