Veld Definition

velt
noun
In S & E Africa, open, grassy country, with few bushes and trees; grassland.
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Noun

Singular:
veld
Plural:
velds

Origin of Veld

  • From obsolete Dutch veldt (“field") (now veld), from Proto-Germanic *fulþuz, *felþą. Doublette with English field.

    From Wiktionary

  • Afrikaans from Middle Dutch field pelə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Veld Sentence Examples

  • On the low veld cotton is grown.

  • A conspicuous veld plant is the orange and crimson leonotis, growing 6 ft.

  • The low veld east of the Drakensberg begins at about 3000 ft.

  • The low veld is everywhere covered with scrub, and water is scarce, the rivers being often dry in the winter season.

  • Over the greater part of the plains little now grows save veld, the coarse long grass of South Africa.

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Words Starting With

VVEVEL

Words Ending With

DLDELD

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Words Starting With V and Ending With D

Starts With V & Ends With DStarts With VE & Ends With DStarts With V & Ends With LD

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With V4 Letter Words Ending With D