hunting ground

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noun

a section or area for hunting game.

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Origin of hunting ground

An Americanism dating back to 1650–60

Words nearby hunting ground

hunting cat, hunting chair, Hunting Dogs, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, hunting ground, hunting horn, hunting knife, hunting leopard, hunting spider, hunting sword

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How to use hunting ground in a sentence

Such planets are thought to be the best hunting ground for moons, being far from the gravitational influence of their star and large enough to support potentially massive moons.
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For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
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That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
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That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
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The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
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“I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.
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A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
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He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The King of Delhi had a hunting-lodge somewhere in the locality, but he had never seen the place.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
When the whole hunt is hunting up, each single change is made between the whole hunt, and the next bell above it.
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British Dictionary definitions for hunting ground

hunting ground

noun

the area of a hunt

Also called: happy hunting ground any place containing a supply of what is wanted or in which a search is conductedsome resorts are a happy hunting ground for souvenirs

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