grassland

«grassland» in Mova's school dictionary: a large area of land covered mostly with grass and few trees — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (grassland, grasslands)

meaning for a pupil

1) Grassland is a large area of land covered mostly with grass and few trees. tree →

2) Grasslands are a type of habitat (biome) found on many continents, such as prairies, savannas and steppes. tree →

sense in the lessons

A geography and science word: grasslands are home to animals like bison, zebras, lions and kangaroos, and much farmland was once grassland. Pupils compare grasslands with forests, deserts and wetlands. Phrases: open grassland, the African grasslands, temperate grassland.

examples

• Zebras and lions live on the grasslands of Africa. tree →
• The prairies of Canada and the USA are huge grasslands. tree →
• Sheep graze on the grassland. tree →
• Grasslands get too little rain for big forests. tree →
• Kangaroos hop across the dry Australian grassland. tree →
• Many grasslands have been turned into farms. tree →
• Fires help grassland stay healthy by clearing old growth. tree →

note

Uncountable for the land in general (an area of grassland), countable for types or regions (the grasslands of Africa). One word: grassland. Names for grasslands: prairie (North America), savanna (Africa), steppe (Asia), pampas (South America).

In the corpora

• Horses were first tamed about 5,000 to 6,000 years ago on the grasslands of what are now Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan.
• Much of Ukraine was then a cold, dry grassland called the mammoth steppe.
• When the Ice Age ended, the climate warmed fast, grassland turned to forest and people hunted more.
• Grasslands get too little rain for forests but too much for deserts.
• Grasslands get too little rain for forests but more than deserts.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grassland» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.