expanse

Preposition: of

• moorland: The flush habitats are generally situated within expanses of grass moorland.
• sand: Large expanse of golden sand, even at high tide.
• lawn: They can be used to brighten the smallest paved yard or to create a focal point on a large expanse of lawn.
• bog: The bog forms a dome in a larger expanse of blanket bog.
• tarmac: We also have several gas turbine operators, who appreciate the vast expanses of tarmac.
• grassland: Large expanses of acid grassland, uniform in character, occur in the uplands.

Converse of subject

separate: Through the tropics there are large areas of land, but they are separated by wide expanses of ocean.

Converse of object

• overlook: The fort now overlooks a large expanse of grazing marshes to the west which once formed a great inland estuary.
• traverse: Four massive roads branch out from here, traversing the large expanses within Sable's city walls.
• reveal: Whilst at high tide the beach is shingle, low tides reveal a vast expanse of flat sand.
• cross: It then crosses the wild expanse of Rannoch Moor on the old drove road to Glen Coe.
• cover: It covers an expanse of the country that has no common identity whatever.
• enjoy: You will need to be an outdoor type who enjoys the vast expanse of the bush and is always ready for the unpredictable.

Adjective modifier

• vast: A vast expanse of sand with sand dunes behind.
• boundless: The morning dawned upon a boundless expanse of sea.
• endless: On the horizon you could see an endless expanse of emptiness.
• barren: A bird that is found on barren expanses of loose rocks at altitudes of up to 3,500 meters is the ptarmigan.
• grassy: Andrew shows us the grassy expanses of the park.
• huge: Be to move huge expanse of to your pleas job to the.

Preposition: in

midst: One of these brilliantly white and level expanses in the midst of the brown and desolate plain, offers an extraordinary spectacle.