piece of ground
3
2.8
- noun
:
terreno
- We decided to build our new house on a piece of ground overlooking the lake.
Now my section, we're on a high piece of ground, what we called the North Fort, just underneath us.
- Now my section, we're on a high piece of ground, what we called the North Fort, just underneath us.
Examples
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What about our freedom and this piece of ground?
Blog text (29) -
No piece of ground is worth dying over.
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They could take a piece of ground and turn it into rich farmland.
Academic text (1993) -
Foster Ranch is an intensive operation; two crops may be harvested from the same piece of ground each year.
Academic text (1995) -
They never forgot that this rocky piece of ground between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea was their homeland, no matter what their overlords insisted on calling it.
Fiction book (2002) -
It was originally located near Bloemfontein on an empty piece of ground, a site which referred to the location of the camps, Boer relationships with the land, and British control of the urban centers at the time.
Academic text (2000) -
The farmer prepared his piece of ground for planting the new crop this spring.
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They turned the abandoned piece of ground into a beautiful community garden.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The solid surface of the earth that people walk on and plants grow in
∞
1.0
An area of ground used for farming, building, or as a country
∞
3.9
A piece of land with fixed boundaries for building
651
1.0
An area of land next to a building, often fenced, used for animals, work or play
179
3.8
A piece of land with features like hills, rocks, or flat ground
153
2.7
A small area that looks different from the area around it, like a spot of color
81
1.9
A small piece of land used to grow plants or vegetables
45
2.8
An area of land set aside for a specific use like a cemetery or park
25
5.6
A large area of land not divided into smaller parts
25
4.9
A piece of land marked to sell or build on
23
1.8
A small area of land that someone owns or uses
11
3.0
A small piece of ground for growing plants or building on
6
4.1
A large area of land used for a certain purpose
5
2.9
A piece of land sold or owned as one unit
5
2.7
A piece of land used for a specific purpose like building or farming
1
2.3
A small piece of land used for growing plants
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Morphology
The meaning 'a portion or area of land' is directly and transparently composed from 'piece' (a portion) + 'ground' (earth/soil), with 'of' serving as a grammatical linker. This straightforward compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Piece of ground comes from the simple image of taking a piece from the ground, like when farmers mark a small plot with a fence for a garden or house. So it means 'a small area of land'.