Thesaurus results for PRAIRIE

prairie

noun

ˈprer-ē

Definition of prairie

as in steppe

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country you can see for miles in every direction on the prairie

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Recent Examples of prairie The new sound system and eager performances made the prairie feel close. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 The land that is today Sterling Ranch was a working ranch on the prairie not long ago. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 13 July 2026 Yes, a large portion of the state is made up of prairies and farmland, but the Black Hills in southwestern South Dakota are home to a handful of relatively affordable mountain towns. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026 Despite the first season ending with the Ingalls leaving their Kansas home, the cast won’t be leaving the Canadian prairies quite yet. — Mariah Alanskas, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for prairie

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Noun

Back at the lodge, learn how Mongolia’s iconic gers (yurts) are constructed before heading out for a horseback ride across the open steppe.

— Undraa Buyannemekh, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
See dinosaur bones at Flaming Cliffs, ride Mongolian horses across the steppe, stargaze with the on-property astronomer and stay in the luxurious Three Camel Lodge.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of steppe

Noun

The record there shows us a circle of 15-foot-high limestone walls with towers and ramparts on a verdant coastal plain, not a desert city of earth and clay.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
The shaggy bovines of the plains and boreal forests were nearly hunted to extinction in a frenzy of killing that decimated their population.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026

Definition of plain

Noun

Natural Selection’s new-build camp Tawana is set amid Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve, some 1,900 square miles of grassland and flood plain teeming with antelope and elephants, lions and hippos.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
In Brazil, both the Amazon rainforest and the vast grassland known as the Cerrado have been rapidly transformed through clearing and logging operations into pastures and cropland.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

Irwin had previously offered to host the ceremony at Australia Zoo, which apparently holds quite a few weddings overlooking its African savanna section.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
Besides rolling, open savannas and nearby waterholes—with views of the mountains beyond—the sanctuary is home to one of Africa’s largest populations of both black and white rhinos and plays a pivotal role in conservation efforts, too.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

Definition of savanna

Noun

Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Participants travel by horseback to South American landscapes few people ever reach, from vast valleys and sweeping pampas to ancient lenga forests and high plateaus populated with condors.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 June 2026

Definition of pampa

Noun

Plus, development plans show space for a grazing meadow beside holes four and five.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
British Vogue reported that more than 200 guests attended the Somerset ceremony, which was held in a meadow that was in full bloom, on the couple’s fifth anniversary.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of meadow

Noun

Then the curse of the fathers found me — slow at first, like a rumor rolling over the veld, then sudden, like a snare snapping shut on bone.

— Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
The Rovos line in all its splendor—a vision of green and white carriages that draws the eye across the yellow veld—owes its existence to the foresight of South African Rohan Vos, who, back in 1989, took the business from unlikely dream to realization.

— J.R. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2023

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