prairie
prairie
Definition
☆ prai·rie (prer′ē)
noun
a large area of level or slightly rolling grasslands, esp. one in the Mississippi Valley
Etymology: Fr < OFr praerie < pré, meadow (< L pratum, prob. < IE base *prā-, to bend > MIr rāith, fortification, Welsh bedd-rod, grave) + -erie, -ery
prairie
Synonyms
prairie
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cover: First arrived in 56 in time for my 17th birthday, well not exactly El Adem with grass more plain prairie covered with snow.
- roll: Against a backdrop of majestic snow capped mountains and rolling prairie the history of the region is set.
- wander: As the buffalo wandered the prairies, they stirred up insects that the = cowbirds ate.
- undulate: The training area consists of a treeless undulating prairie where weapons, including tank guns, can fire live ammunition.
- restore: Within the United States, cattle ranchers are restoring the prairies destroyed by overgrazing with the help of the cattle themselves.
- explore: Together the two young people worked the land and explored the glorious prairie.
Adjective modifier
- Canadian: Alec was a real character and left in the early 1900s to farm in the Canadian prairie.
- vast: Millions of years of wind and water erosion have carved an eerie sight from the vast prairies of western South Dakota.
- American: Penstemons originated on the North American prairies, so they come in half hardy and fully hardy varieties.
- open: In the first year some of the cows already in calf gave birth in the open prairie.
- great: The column swung out into the great dry Karoo prairie.
- rolling: Hiking is great, lots of space and varying terrain from steep canyons to flat rolling prairie.
Modifies a noun
- muffin: I think today i have earned a prairie muffin award for my kitchen endeavors!
- vole: Its crucial role in sexual bonding has been observed by North American scientists studying the prairie vole.
- dog: The prairie dog is a member of the squirrel family.
- planting: Inspired by a recent visit to Geilston, Jim and Carole tried their hand at prairie planting behind our decking area.
- province: Guide to Edmonton Hotels and AB Attractions Edmonton is Alberta's capital, to many Edmonton has the image of being a prairie province.
- grassland: The ranch is on prairie grassland in north-eastern Colorado about 2 hours from Denver, not far from the Nebraska border.
Noun used with modifier
- grass: It is now one of the largest remaining areas of short grass prairie in North America.
prairie Quotes
The flower-fed buffalos of the spring In the days of long ago, Ranged where the locomotives sing And the prairie flowers lie low.
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