Library / English Dictionary

LEY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

Synonyms:

grazing land; lea; ley; pasture; pastureland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("ley" is a kind of...):

grassland (land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ley"):

common land; commons (a pasture subject to common use)

cow pasture (a pasture for cows)

Holonyms ("ley" is a part of...):

country; rural area (an area outside of cities and towns)

Credits