Definition of land

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • land is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
  • land is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
  • land is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of land


  • material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) (noun)

    Examples

    1. the land had never been plowed

    Synonyms

    1. ground
    2. soil
  • the territory occupied by a nation (noun)

    Examples

    1. he returned to the land of his birth

    Synonyms

    1. country
    2. state
  • a politically organized body of people under a single government (noun)

    Examples

    1. an industrialized land

    Synonyms

    1. body politic
    2. commonwealth
    3. country
    4. nation
    5. res publica
    6. state
  • United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. din land
    2. edwin herbert land
  • extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use (noun)

    Examples

    1. the family owned a large estate on Long Island

    Synonyms

    1. acres
    2. demesne
    3. estate
    4. landed estate
  • reach or come to rest (verb)

    Examples

    1. The bird landed on the highest branch
    2. The plane landed in Istanbul

    Synonyms

    1. set down
  • bring into a different state (verb)

    Examples

    1. this may land you in jail

    Synonyms

    1. bring
  • the people who live in a nation or country (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. country
    2. nation
  • arrive on shore (verb)

    Examples

    1. The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

    Synonyms

    1. set ashore
    2. shore
  • cause to come to the ground (verb)

    Examples

    1. the pilot managed to land the airplane safely

    Synonyms

    1. bring down
    2. put down
  • agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life (noun)

    Examples

    1. there's no work on the land any more

    Synonyms

    1. farming
  • the solid part of the earth's surface (noun)

    Examples

    1. the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land

    Synonyms

    1. dry land
    2. earth
    3. ground
    4. solid ground
    5. terra firma
  • shoot at and force to come down (verb)

    Examples

    1. the enemy landed several of our aircraft

    Synonyms

    1. down
    2. shoot down
  • territory over which rule or control is exercised (noun)

    Examples

    1. he made it the law of the land

    Synonyms

    1. demesne
    2. domain
  • a domain in which something is dominant (noun)

    Examples

    1. a land of make-believe

    Synonyms

    1. kingdom
    2. realm
  • bring ashore (verb)

    Examples

    1. The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
  • deliver (a blow) (verb)

    Examples

    1. He landed several blows on his opponent's head
  • the land on which real estate is located (noun)

    Examples

    1. he built the house on land leased from the city

See definition of land in Merriam Webster