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SCABLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("scablands" 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 category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Holonyms ("scablands" is a part of...):
Evergreen State; WA; Wash.; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
