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BADLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska
Synonyms:
Bad Lands; Badlands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
badlands (deeply eroded barren land)
Holonyms ("Badlands" is a part of...):
Cornhusker State; NE; Neb.; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)
Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deeply eroded barren land
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("badlands" is a kind of...):
ground; land; soil (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use))
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Instance hyponyms:
Bad Lands; Badlands (an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska)
