earth

noun [U] (GROUND)

/ɜːθ/

/ɝːθ/

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B2 the usually brown, heavy, loose substance of which a large part of the surface of the ground is made, and in which plants can grow; the land surface of the Earth rather than the sky or sea: The ploughed earth looked rich and dark and fertile.Soil

(Definition of earth noun (GROUND) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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