landmass

«landmass» in Mova's school dictionary: a very large, continuous area of land, such as a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (landmass, landmasses — also «land mass»)

meaning for a pupil

A landmass is a very large, continuous area of land, such as a continent or a big island. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, the seven continents are the main landmasses; Australia is the largest island landmass or the smallest continent. In science, the landmasses slowly move (plate tectonics), and long ago they were joined in a supercontinent called Pangaea. Common phrases: «a large landmass», «the Eurasian landmass», «the world's landmasses».

examples

• Africa is a huge landmass. tree →
• Pangaea was one giant landmass millions of years ago. tree →
• Greenland is the biggest island landmass that is not a continent. tree →
• The world's landmasses cover about 29 per cent of the Earth's surface. tree →
• The map showed the landmasses in green and the oceans in blue. tree →
• Europe and Asia form one landmass called Eurasia. tree →

note

Plural: landmasses. Can be written as one word or two. In maths and geography, «about 29 per cent» of Earth's surface is land; the rest (about 71 per cent) is water.

Trees and pragmatics

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