terrain
A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
Noun 4 meanings
A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
An area of land or its particular features.
“The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.”
The surface of the earth; the ground.
“This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.”
An individual's overall state of health.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).
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TERRAIN at a glance
TERRAIN has 7 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + R 1 + A 1 + I 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,737 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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