ground
/graʊnd/ nounDefinition
the ground › the surface of the Earth: I sat down on the ground.
SOIL [U] › the soil in an area: soft/stony ground
AREA [C] › an area of land used for a particular purpose or activity: a football ground
KNOWLEDGE [U] › an area of knowledge, information, interest, or experience: He had to go over the same ground several times before I understood it.
→ See also breeding ground → See also common ground (Definition of ground noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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