champaign

noun

sham-ˈpān How to pronounce champaign (audio)
Definition of champaignnext
as in plain
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country after days of trudging through dense forest, the explorers came upon a vast champaign

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  1. plain
  2. prairie
  3. steppe
  4. grassland
  5. pampa
Noun
  • The lake was a white plain with patches of dark timber on the far shore.
    Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
  • What a 1,000-mile railway across the Yucatán jungle says about Mexico’s outgoing president Sept. 29, 2024 The canal networks were built as early as 4,000 years ago by semi-nomadic people in the Yucatan coastal plain.
    Christina Larson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of plain
Noun
  • Ever since a devastating tornado encounter, Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) gave up chasing storms across the Oklahoma prairie to safely study them on screens in New York City.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • This old style of hunting isn’t specific to the Canadian prairie, either.
    Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of prairie
Noun
  • Some of the bones may date to a period 3800 to 3500 years ago, around the time that Yamnaya pastoralists from the steppes, once called Aryans, are thought to have migrated to India.
    ByVaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 4 Nov. 2024
  • An invasive species called Hedge Parsley has made its way to Austin from the steppes of Asia, where the plant is native.
    Cross Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024
Definition of steppe
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  • Indeed, at a time when tropical forests and grasslands are besieged by farming, mining, and other threats, birdwatching tourism offers a real incentive to keep ecosystems intact.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Surviving birds can sometimes be spotted in some of the seasonal wetlands and grasslands of the San Francisco Bay Area, such as Harvey Marsh in Sunnyvale Baylands Park, East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood Preserve, Fremont’s Coyote Hills Regional Park and along eastern Contra Costa County’s Suisun Bay.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of grassland
Noun
  • Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.
    Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
Definition of pampa
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