Meaning & use
huge land
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Meaning
phrasecountable or uncountable
A very large area of ground or territory.
Grammar: 'Land' is usually uncountable, so say 'a huge land' only when you mean a country or region; otherwise use 'huge areas of land'.
Patterns
- a huge land of something
- huge areas of land
- own a huge land
The settlers crossed a huge land of forests and rivers.
Russia is a huge land stretching across two continents.
They bought a huge piece of land outside the town.
Word forms
| plural | huge lands |
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Common combinations
- a huge land mass
- Antarctica is a huge land mass covered in ice.
- a huge piece of land
- He owns a huge piece of land near the coast.
- huge areas of land
- Huge areas of land were flooded after the storm.
- a huge land of opportunity
- Many saw the new country as a huge land of opportunity.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: huge land or mainland?
huge land vs mainland
Mainland is the main part of a country, not including its islands.
Practice
The explorers traveled across a huge ______ of desert and mountains.
Choose one answer.
'Land' is uncountable here, meaning ground or territory. 'Lands' is plural and would need a different structure, 'landing' means arriving, and 'landlord' is a person who rents property.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “huge land”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.