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
  • Suddenly the sea rises and starts to flood the plain.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Half of Brooklyn is on an outwash plain—Prospect Park to Coney Island.
    John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of plain
Noun
  • Thousands of years ago, southern Wisconsin transitioned from a closed-canopy oak forest to an oak savanna—in an open prairie, oaks, instead of growing straight and tall, branch too early for canoe-making.
    Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of prairie
Noun
  • Born 43 years ago in the high steppes of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia—a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the Russian border—the Chinese bass Peixin Chen sings in primordial tones that set the whole hall and the listener’s rib cage humming.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of steppe
Noun
  • Smaller explosions peppered the forest and grasslands.
    C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • While mammoths were adapted to cold, open tundras and the grasslands of Europe, North America and Asia during the Ice Age, mastodons were found in woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 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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