The cost of the houses, the overheads, the lands they lost to Cromwell... They all believe themselves to be poorer than church mice.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002)
The wild animals, too, were affected and went to look for fertile lands.
Keene, Carolyn THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY (2002)
All related terms of 'lands'
land
Land is an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as farming or building.
whenua
land
Bad Lands
a deeply eroded barren region of SW South Dakota and NW Nebraska
crown lands
(in the United Kingdom ) land belonging to the Crown
Barren Lands
→ the Barren Lands
land up
If you say that you land up in a place or situation , you mean that you arrive there after a long journey or at the end of a long series of events.
the Barren Lands
a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay : sparsely inhabited , chiefly by Inuit
dry land
If you talk about dry land , you are referring to land, in contrast to the sea or the air .
Land's End
a granite headland in SW England, on the SW coast of Cornwall : the westernmost point of England
land with
to give to, so as to put in difficulties ; cause to be burdened with
crash-land
If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands , it lands more quickly and less safely than usual , for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally .
crown land
(in the United Kingdom ) land belonging to the Crown
lotus land
the land of the lotus-eaters , or any fabulous , dreamlike setting
access land
(in England and Wales ) areas of the countryside which are open to the public
common land
Common land is land which everyone is allowed to use.
forest land
Forest land is land that is mainly covered by forest.
La-La land
People sometimes refer to Los Angeles, in particular the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, as La-La land .
pasture land
grassland
piston land
A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings .
building land
land on which construction can take place
no-man's-land
No-man's land is an area of land that is not owned or controlled by anyone, for example the area of land between two opposing armies .
Promised Land
If you refer to a place or a state as a promised land , you mean that people desire it and expect to find happiness or success there.
height of land
a watershed
never-never land
Never-never land is an imaginary place where everything is perfect and no-one has any problems .
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
a French overseas territory, comprising Adélie Land in Antarctica , the islands of Amsterdam and St Paul and the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelagos in the S Indian Ocean , and (from 2007), the Îles Éparses (" scattered islands") previously administered from Réunion, consisting of Bassas da India, Europa , the Glorioso Islands (Îles Glorieuses), Juan de Nova , and Tromelin Island; no permanent population : all claims to the mainland of Antarctica are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959