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terra firma
terra fir·ma T0119600 (fûr′mə)n. Solid ground; dry land. [New Latin : Latin terra, earth + Latin firma, feminine of firmus, solid.]terra firma (ˈfɜːmə) nthe solid earth; firm ground[C17: from Latin]ter′ra fir′ma (ˈfɜr mə) n. firm or solid earth; dry land (as opposed to water or air). [1595–1605; < Latin] terra firmaA Latin phrase meaning firm ground, used to mean the land as opposed to the sea.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | terra firma - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"dry land, ground, solid ground, earth, landobject, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of waterbeachfront - a strip of land running along a beachcape, ness - a strip of land projecting into a body of watercoastal plain - a plain adjacent to a coastearth, globe, world - the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"floor - the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"foreland - land forming the forward margin of somethingtimberland, woodland, forest, timber - land that is covered with trees and shrubsisland - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by wateristhmus - a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areasland mass, landmass - a large continuous extent of landmainland - the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsulaneck - a narrow elongated projecting strip of landoxbow - the land inside an oxbow bend in a riverpeninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of waterchampaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)wonderland - a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder | TranslationsAcronymsSeeturbofanterra firma
Synonyms for terra firmanoun the solid part of the earth's surfaceSynonyms- dry land
- ground
- solid ground
- earth
- land
Related Words- object
- physical object
- archipelago
- beachfront
- cape
- ness
- coastal plain
- earth
- globe
- world
- floor
- foreland
- timberland
- woodland
- forest
- timber
- island
- isthmus
- land mass
- landmass
- mainland
- neck
- oxbow
- peninsula
- champaign
- plain
- field
- slash
- wonderland
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