lea

lea

noun

Definition of LEA

1

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country <across the lea rolls a lonely wagon>

Synonyms campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath, lea (or ley), llano, moor, pampa, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt)

Related Words field, meadow; floodplain; bottom, bottomland, flat, lowland; plateau, table, tableland, upland

2

open land over which livestock may roam and feed <the cattle were free to range over the lea>

Synonyms lea (or ley), pasturage, pasture

Related Words ranch, station; feedlot, stockyard, yard; grassland, pampas, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe

Variants of LEA

lea or ley