variants
or veldt
as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
lions prowling the African veld
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Recent Examples of veld
The prospect of being stuck in a jeep watching wildebeest pour through the veld did not intrigue me.
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2026
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
Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa’s veld, or grassland, like aloes and red grass.
—Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2021
There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld, as South Africans call it.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
Early in the play, Piet says of the plants:
That veld is a hard world.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 29 May 2018
These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began.
—Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld.
—charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2026
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
Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa’s veld, or grassland, like aloes and red grass.
—Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2021
There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld, as South Africans call it.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
Early in the play, Piet says of the plants:
That veld is a hard world.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 29 May 2018
These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began.
—Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld.
—charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veld
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Universities are also using their grounds as real-world conservation teaching opportunities, from Northern Iowa’s prairie grasslands to wetland preserves in Wisconsin.—
Maggie Slepian,
Longreads,
14 May 2026
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And in turn, the 867-foot monolith protruding from the surrounding Wyoming prairie like the stump of the world’s largest tree became a big draw for tourists.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Similar trends have played out in Central Asian steppes and South American plains.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Combined, the pair could bring more than 10,000 homes to the once-vacant steppe along the Ada County line.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
28 May 2026
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Dark lunar maria are visible sprawling across the moon's surface, where lava once rose to the surface before hardening to form enormous basaltic plains.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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The threat of severe weather is low in the Denver area and higher on the plains.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
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For decades, beekeepers have brought colonies to forage on grasslands in the region.—
Jennie L. Durant,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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Like the southeast, the Great Plains have been under intense drought for months and experienced strong winds and low humidity this season, which helped fan flames through tinder-dry grasslands.—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
23 May 2026
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The landscape views are breathtaking since the terrain is so hilly and rocky (as opposed to the flat terrain of the savannah) and covered in Lebombo euphorbia, a cactus-like tree with a single trunk and an entire canopy of prickly, upright branches.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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From there, a chartered flight carried us over miles of unbroken forest canopy into the Rupununi, the vast savanna interior where the Amazon Basin meets the ancient Guiana Shield.—
Chantelle Kincy,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
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This involves riding on gravel tracks across pampas, past fjords, and ranchlands.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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There, Patagonia stretches out into wide skies, windswept pampas, turquoise lakes, and towering ice fields.—
Eric Sheets,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Veld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veld. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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