land

/lænd/ noun

Definition

AREA [U] › an area of ground: agricultural land undeveloped land Many farmers have been forced to sell their land.

NOT SEA [U] › the surface of the Earth that is not sea: to travel over land and sea

COUNTRY [C] literary › a country: a land of ice and snow → See also no-man's land

(Definition of land noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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