PENEPLAIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements

Synonyms:

peneplain; peneplane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

champaign; field; plain (extensive tract of level open land)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

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