grassland

noun

grass·​land ˈgras-ˌland 

1

: farmland occupied chiefly by forage plants and especially grasses

2

a

: land on which the natural dominant plant forms are grasses and forbs

b

: an ecological community in which the characteristic plants are grasses

Synonyms of grassland

• prairie
• steppe
• plain
• savanna

Examples of grassland in a Sentence

stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa

Recent Examples on the Web

Barns offered the perfect warm, safe environment for such nests but as the farm industry modernized, farmers plowed over grasslands and replaced wooden barns with buildings made from sturdier materials. —Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 17 Dec. 2025

Kentucky Camp sits amid the grasslands that cloak the eastern flanks of the Santa Rita Mountains northwest of Sonoita. —Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025

Researchers collected 32 individuals from the Serra do Quiriri region, a breathtaking landscape of high grasslands and cloud forests in southern Brazil. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Dec. 2025

The habitat shifted from warm, humid, subtropical forest to cooler, drier landscapes dominated by woodland and emerging grassland. —New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Rhymes for grassland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

grassland

noun

grass·​land -ˌland 

: land covered with herbs (as grasses and clover) rather than shrubs and trees