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landmass Definition

land·mass (-mas′)

noun

a very large area of land; esp., a continent

landmass Usage Examples

Preposition: of

mile: Farming is the predominant industry among the estimated 32,000 inhabitants of the DCU, which has a total landmass of 235 square miles.

Possessives

earth: The majority of the earth's landmass is covered, with the only real exceptions being the Polar Regions.

Converse of object

  • have: Farming is the predominant industry among the estimated 32,000 inhabitants of the DCU, which has a total landmass of 235 square miles.
  • form: Each piece is carefully ground down to the exact shape of each particular country to form the landmass.
  • create: Use the mapping tools to create landmasses, rivers, and color contours.

Adjective modifier

  • Eurasian: Three times the size of Europe, it spanned the Eurasian landmass from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
  • continental: The earthquake occurred as a result of a northward thrust of the Pacific Ocean sea floor beneath the continental landmass of Alaska.
  • huge: I especially love the huge landmass in the middle of the Pacific ocean.
  • total: SIZE South Africa occupies 4 % of the continent's total landmass, covering an area of 1 221 040 square kilometers.
  • large: Prior to the flood, the earth may have been one large landmass.
  • Canadian: Before the classification procedure, cloud -cover reduced composites of the Canadian landmass, each spanning 10 day periods are created.