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.
Browse dictionary entries near landmass
- ‹ landmark decision
- ‹ landmark
- ‹ landlubber
- ‹ landlordism
- ‹ landlord
- ‹ landlocked
- ‹ landline
- ‹ landless
- ‹ landlady
- ‹ landing strip

