plot of land
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3.0
- noun
- /plɑt əv lænd/
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parcela
- A farm family, forced to sell its small plot of land, wonders what to do next.
- a small plot of land
- lease a plot of land
- cultivate a plot of land
So, so there's this plot of land that's right in, like right outside our gate and.
- So, so there's this plot of land that's right in, like right outside our gate and.
- What has become of their small plots of land?
- And the dream here was that you have your own little plot of land.
- So in this, so basically you're, you're to think about this rather unoccupied plot of land within a country.
- The word in English lot, which refers to a plot of land, has the same root as the word lottery.
- And one model is you buy like a big plot of land, like a, like a Burning Man style thing in the middle of nowhere, OK.
- We're going to make these plots of land not lose money, but we're not going to try to generate big bucks off them.
- It was an unpleasant discovery to find underneath the plot of land I bought to build the house was a giant philosophical sinkhole.
- And you've got to find sort of a massive plot of land that's quite cheap that you can put huge, huge data centres and air con and all of this.
- If A claimed that B agreed to sell him a plot of land and then breach their contract, then neither A nor B could testify about the alleged agreement.
- There's you on a plot of land hammering, and you're doing it on your own.
- Your certificate features a unique plot of land and which you can see the exact location of your number land.
- I see it like it's a plot of land and we often make the mistake of really overvaluing the land.
Examples
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Gonna get a plot of land, live by the ocean, grow my own food, teach yoga.
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The family decided to buy a small plot of land to grow their own vegetables.
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For now, it's a plot of land, our land.
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There was about maybe one, two buildings standing when we first found this plot of land.
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"I was thinking of that little plot of land behind the building."
Fiction book (2001) -
"All you have to do now is buy a plot of land," said Walter.
Fiction book (1993) -
All they ask in return is a little plot of land they can call their own to homestead.
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It's the plot of land you've dreamed of.
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My grandmother's cottage was a small two-bedroom house, centered on a nice plot of land.
Fiction book (2001) -
The owners of the nearby Phoenix cannery donated a small plot of land for the mission building in 1896.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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3.9
A piece of land with fixed boundaries for building
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1.0
An area of open land used for farming or grazing
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2.7
A small area that looks different from the area around it, like a spot of color
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1.0
A plot of ground where flowers or other plants grow
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1.9
A small piece of land used to grow plants or vegetables
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4.9
A piece of land marked to sell or build on
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1.8
A small area of land that someone owns or uses
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4.0
A piece of land usually measured in acres and used for farming or building
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2.9
A piece of land sold or owned as one unit
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2.8
An area of land used for something, like a garden or park
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3.7
A small piece of land that people rent to grow vegetables or flowers
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2.0
A small area in a garden where people grow vegetables
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2.3
A small piece of land used for growing plants
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Morphology
The meaning 'a small area of ground used for a particular purpose' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'plot' (a marked piece of ground) + 'of' + 'land' (an area of earth). This simple noun-of-noun construction follows common English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Plot of land comes from the idea of a small plot or marked piece of land set aside for one use, like a garden or a house, where someone can work or build. So it means 'a small area of ground used for a particular purpose'.