land: meaning, pronunciation and examples

/lænd/·LAND

Land (noun) means the solid part of the earth’s surface, not the sea.

What does “land” mean?

  1. 1

    nounthe solid part of the earth’s surface, not the sea

    After weeks at sea, the sailors finally saw land.
  2. 2

    nounan area of ground, especially one that someone owns

    They bought some land to build a house.
  3. 3

    verbto come down to the ground after flying

    Our plane landed at 10 p.m.

Land at a glance

Part of speech
noun & verb
CEFR level
A2 (elementary)
Pronunciation
/lænd/ · LAND

How to use “land” correctly

“Land” for ground is uncountable: “a piece of land”, not “a land” (unless you mean a country, as in “a distant land”).

Common phrases with “land”

  • on land
  • a piece of land
  • land safely
  • farm land

Antonyms (opposite meaning)

Word family

  • landing
  • landscape

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