Meaning & use
grazing ground
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Meaning
nouncountable
An area of open land where cattle, sheep or other animals feed on the grass.
Grammar: Countable: a large grazing ground, several grazing grounds.
Patterns
- a grazing ground for animals
The valley served as a summer grazing ground for the farmers' sheep.
Elephants travel long distances to reach a good grazing ground.
The village shared a common grazing ground for cattle.
Word forms
| plural | grazing grounds |
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Common combinations
- rich grazing ground
- The river plain was a rich grazing ground.
- summer grazing ground
- The high pasture is their summer grazing ground.
- common grazing ground
- The common grazing ground belonged to the whole village.
- lose grazing ground
- Herders are losing grazing ground to new farms.
- traditional grazing ground
- Nomads still use their traditional grazing grounds.
Synonyms and how they differ
- pasture
- Pasture is the more common single word and often means land that is managed and fenced for livestock.
- grassland
- Grassland describes any land covered in grass, whether or not animals feed there.
- meadow
- Meadow suggests a small, pleasant field, often used for hay as well as for grazing.
- rangeland
- Rangeland is a technical word for wide, open land used for grazing, especially in the western United States.
Word family
Commonly confused: grazing ground or playground?
grazing ground vs playground
A playground is a place for children's games, while a grazing ground is land where animals feed on grass.
Practice
The herders moved their cattle to a fresh ____ in the hills.
Choose one answer.
Cattle feed on grass, so grazing ground fits. A building site is where houses are built, not where animals feed.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “grazing ground”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.