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Definition of Landmass
1. Noun. A large continuous extent of land.
Specialized synonyms: Continent, Subcontinent
Generic synonyms: Dry Land, Earth, Ground, Land, Solid Ground, Terra Firma
Definition of Landmass
1. Noun. A large continuous area of land, either surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Landmass
1. a large area of land [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landmass
Literary usage of Landmass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Strategic Transformation and Naval Power in the 21st Century by Pelham G. Boyer, Robert S. Wood (1998)
"Selective engagers agree that it is more prudent to be a bit proactive on the
Eurasian landmass than to rely on a natural equipoise among the great powers ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"Dr. Murray believes that Alexander I. Land is a part of the west coast of Graham's
Land, and that this landmass, which Biscoe and Larsen proved to widen ..."
3. Daily Geography Practice by Sandi Johnson (2004)
"The two continents are actually one large landmass. 2. Australia; Tasman Sea
Thursday 1. Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and South China Sea 2 ..."
4. Through Darkness Into Light: Endless Cycles of the Divine Plan by Gyeorgos C. Hatonn (1992)
"... Wegener came up with the notion of Pangaea, a supercontinent, a single huge
landmass into which he would fit all the present continental masses ..."
5. This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics by W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling (1996)
"This immense mountain range began to form between 40 and 50 million years ago,
when two large landmass- es, India and Eurasia, driven by plate movement, ..."
6. Adventure Guide to Barbados by Lynne M. Sullivan (2001)
"Often, hurricanes originate off the west coast of Africa and skip from landmass
to landmass through the Caribbean. • A hurricane's winds flow ..."
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