Idioms about land
Origin of land
OTHER WORDS FROM land
landlike, adjectivere·land, verbun·der·land, nounOther definitions for land (2 of 3)
Other definitions for land (3 of 3)
WORDS THAT USE -LAND
What does -land mean?
The combining form –land is used like a suffix meaning “land.” It is occasionally used in everyday and technical terms.
The form –land comes from Old English.
Examples of -land
An example of a word you may have encountered that features –land is borderland, “land forming a border or frontier.”
The border– portion of the word means, literally, “border,” from Middle English bordure. As we have seen, the suffix –land means “land.” Borderland literally means “land on the border.”
What are some words that use the combining form –land?
- hinterland
- lowland
- motherland
- mainland (using the equivalent form of –land in Middle English)
- fatherland
What are some other forms that –land may be commonly confused with?
Not every word that ends with the exact letters –land, such as bland, is necessarily using the combining form –land to denote “land.” Learn why bland means “dull” at our entry for the word.
Break it down!
Given the meaning of the combining form –land, what does lowland mean?
How to use land in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for land (1 of 3)
Derived forms of land
landless, adjectivelandlessness, nounWord Origin for land
British Dictionary definitions for land (2 of 3)
British Dictionary definitions for land (3 of 3)
- any of the federal states of Germany
- any of the provinces of Austria