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solid ground

/ˌsɑləd graʊnd/
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Definitions of solid ground
  1. noun
    the solid part of the earth's surface
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    examples:
    America
    North America and South America and Central America
    types:
    archipelago
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
    beachfront
    a strip of land running along a beach
    cape, ness
    a strip of land projecting into a body of water
    coastal plain
    a plain adjacent to a coast
    floor
    the ground on which people and animals move about
    foreland
    land forming the forward margin of something
    forest, timber, timberland, woodland
    land that is covered with trees and shrubs
    island
    a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
    isthmus
    a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
    land mass, landmass
    a large continuous extent of land
    mainland
    the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
    neck
    a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
    oxbow
    the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
    peninsula
    a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
    champaign, field, plain
    extensive tract of level open land
    slash
    an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
    wonderland
    a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
    Caribbean Island
    an island in the Caribbean Sea
    Aegean island
    an island in the Aegean Sea
    barrier island
    a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore
    continent
    one of the large landmasses of the earth
    flat
    a level tract of land
    flood plain, floodplain
    a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
    greenwood
    woodlands in full leaf
    llano
    an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)
    moor, moorland
    open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
    peneplain, peneplane
    a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
    riparian forest
    woodlands along the banks of stream or river
    silva, sylva
    the forest trees growing in a country or region
    snowfield
    a permanent wide expanse of snow
    South Sea Islands
    any islands in the southern or southwestern of central parts of the Pacific Ocean
    spit, tongue
    a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
    steppe
    extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
    subcontinent
    a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
    tidewater
    low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
    tree farm
    a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use
    tundra
    a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
    type of:
    object, physical object
    a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
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