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LOWLAND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low level country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

depression; natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)

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

landfill (a low area that has been filled in)

Instance hyponyms:

Lowlands; Lowlands of Scotland (the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous)

Antonym:

highland (elevated (e.g., mountainous) land)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of relatively low or level country

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

low-lying; sea-level (lying below the normal level)

Antonym:

upland (used of high or hilly country)

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