English noun: terra firma | |||
1. | terra firma (object) the solid part of the earth's surface | ||
Samples | The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land. The earth shook for several minutes. He dropped the logs on the ground. | ||
Synonyms | dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground | ||
Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | archipelago, beachfront, cape, champaign, coastal plain, field, floor, foreland, forest, island, isthmus, land mass, landmass, mainland, neck, ness, oxbow, peninsula, plain, slash, timber, timberland, wonderland, woodland | ||
Instance hyponym | America | ||
Part meronym | Earth, globe, world | ||