pastureland

noun

Definition of pasturelandnext
as in pasture

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Recent Examples of pastureland That project covers 115,000 hectares of pastureland, focusing on improving soil health, biodiversity and carbon sequestration, while also improving supply resilience and providing fully traceable materials for Gucci’s collections. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 15 June 2026 Take a leisurely walk through the bucolic pastureland and enjoy watching these beautiful gentle creatures enjoy their home. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 May 2026 The flip side • Bravo to Rachel in east Orange County/Chuluota for fighting against developers who want to turn beautiful cattle pastureland into 1,800 homes. — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026 But if the weather gods smile upon you, the Root River State Water Trail provides a gentle to moderate flow past bluffs, pastureland, and small towns. — Robin Pfeifer, Midwest Living, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pastureland
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastureland
  1. pasture
  2. grassland
  3. meadow
  4. moor
Noun
  • The handlers may represent rival schools, but those rivalries tend to stop at the kennel, pasture or habitat gate, especially when another mascot is sick, retiring or in need of support.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Over the fence is a pasture, rocky and rough, flat and unlovely.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of pasture
Noun
  • The urban-wildland interface — where human development intermingles with wild places such as scrublands, grasslands and forests — is the fastest-growing land-use type in the United States.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Swim, canoe, geocache, and bird-watch among Bastrop State Park’s mosaic of pines, oaks, shrubs, and grasslands, which are punctuated by a carpet of bluebonnets each spring.
    — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of grassland
Noun
  • Lawns showed the least activity of soil organisms, with agricultural fields and meadows ranging in the middle.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Across approximately 265,000 acres, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado has everything from forest and flowering meadows to breathtaking mountains and alpine lakes.
    — Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of meadow
Noun
  • Neil Hagdorn heard the cracking of the land, the rush of water as if a landslide were spilling down from the treeless moor hills to the east.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 July 2026
  • Everything about this verdant, bucolic space is antithetical to the fog, fire, and wide-open, sprawling moors that have so far dominated the movie.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of moor

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“Pastureland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastureland. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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