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landmass

landmass

6 3.4
A large connected area of land that is part of the Earth
  • noun
  • /ˈlændˌmæs/
: masa de tierra
  • Canada's total population is around 30 million, yet the landmass is comparable to Russia.
  • Eurasian landmass
  • continental landmass
  • largest landmass

If you scale up to a larger landmass, will it still work?

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Examples

  • The State covers a landmass double the size of Texas but we have a population of only 200,000 people.

  • Across from it rose the dark landmass that was Kowloon, and beyond Kowloon lay China.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • If you scale up to a larger landmass, will it still work?

  • Look at all this landmass here, okay?

  • And Canada has similar problem of one of the problems that Australia has, which is large landmass, not a ton of people.

  • Australia does have similar challenges to Canada, Large landmass, small sort of dense population centers.

  • And so now you're looking at a landmass that is about three states of Texas.

  • South America, like Australia and Madagascar today, was largely isolated from other landmasses by ocean barriers for millions of years.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Eurasia is the world's largest landmass, encompassing the largest number of competing societies.

    Academic text (1999)
  • More than 80 percent of the landmass is covered by ice, in some places two miles thick.

Synonyms

region
vslandmass
∞ 2.0

A large area of land with similar features like climate or plants

is about continuous physical land rather than distinction by characteristics
continent
vslandmass
269 1.0

A large area of land on Earth, like Africa or Asia

is any large continuous land area, not only the main world divisions
tract
vslandmass
31 5.6

A large area of land not divided into smaller parts

is similar but applies to large continuous areas in general
land mass
vslandmass
13 2.8

A large area of land that is not separated by water

is the same meaning but written as one word
subcontinent
vslandmass
9 5.1

A large part of a continent separated from others by land or culture

is a general large continuous area, not only a distinct subpart
land area
vslandmass
8 2.7

A piece of land used for a specific purpose like building or farming

is any large continuous surface not limited to specific use
tract of land
vslandmass
7 4.1

A large area of land used for a certain purpose

is the general continuous land idea, not focused on intended use
geographic area
vslandmass
6 2.3

A part of the Earth's surface with clear borders or features

is the simple continuous land concept, not focused on defined borders
geographical area
vslandmass
5 3.0

Part of the Earth's surface with shared natural or human features

is the physical continuous land idea, not defined mainly by boundaries
supercontinent
vslandmass
  • Specialized
2 7.0

A very large area of land that forms when several continents join together

is any large continuous land area, not only those formed by joining many parts
geographical region
vslandmass
1 2.7

An area of land with clear borders for geography, government, or culture

is the basic continuous land notion, not tied to political or cultural definition
tractus
vslandmass
  • Archaic
9.9

A large area of land treated as one unit

is the broad continuous land idea without implying single-unit consideration

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

A very large area of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface

How Big

continent
269 1.0
subcontinent
9 5.1
landmass
6 3.4
island
∞ 1.0
islet
6 6.8

Surface Forms

landmass singular
landmasses plural

Morphology

landmass = land + mass (transparent) = land + mass

Clear compound of 'land' + 'mass' meaning a large continuous body/area of land; readily inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Landmass combines land ('ground') and mass ('large body' or 'lump'). So it literally means a big, continuous body of land, which is why we use it for large areas like continents.