piece of land
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1.8
- noun
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terreno
- They are planning to build a house on the piece of land they just bought.
- buy a piece of land
- small piece of land
- own a piece of land
So I bought a piece of land on a golf course.
- So I bought a piece of land on a golf course.
- It is not difficult to build dikes around pieces of land, especially if the land is steep.
- So every time you mow, you're keeping trees from growing in that piece of land.
- So we're like, almost about to start building on that piece of land.
- So for example, you could take a piece of land and buy it just like I did in my billboard story.
- He said anytime there is a sacred race held on a particular piece of land, that piece of land was destined for that race.
- And so we have these little pieces of land that keep on shrinking and Jerusalem keeps disappearing.
- So I went to this cabin in Nevada, Mount Charleston, found the most isolated, remote piece of land in America.
- They were sold a piece of land, which was very bad.
Examples
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He gave us a piece of land to grow coffee.
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It's an isolated piece of land completely surrounded by water.
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We lay claim to every piece of land on earth.
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Like I was telling you, it's a beautiful piece of land.
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We have a piece of land.
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You still got a nice piece of land there.
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It's only a little house but it's on this beautiful piece of land.
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Then she said: "Your father used to own a piece of land across the lake."
Fiction book (1997) -
My brother and I worked that piece of land as if it were our own.
Fiction book (1993) -
Finally, they found a piece of land they could afford.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A part of a place used for a certain activity, like a park or room
∞
1.0
An area of ground used for farming, building, or as a country
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3.9
A piece of land with fixed boundaries for building
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1.9
A small piece of land used to grow plants or vegetables
25
5.6
A large area of land not divided into smaller parts
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4.9
A piece of land marked to sell or build on
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4.0
A piece of land usually measured in acres and used for farming or building
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3.0
A small piece of ground for growing plants or building on
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4.1
A large area of land used for a certain purpose
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2.9
A piece of land sold or owned as one unit
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2.7
A piece of land used for a specific purpose like building or farming
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2.8
An area of land used for something, like a garden or park
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5.1
An area of land that someone owns, like a farm or property
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2.3
A small piece of land used for growing plants
A small piece of land where a family grows food and keeps animals
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'a portion of land' follows directly from combining 'piece' (a portion) with 'land' (area/territory), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can derive the basic meaning. Its use for virtual/metaverse parcels is a straightforward, context-driven extension of the literal sense rather than an idiomatic shift, making the expression predictable and readily interpretable.
Etymology
The noun piece of land comes from the simple idea of taking one piece from the larger land, like cutting a slice from a field, and so it means 'a small, separate area' you can own or use.