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wide expanse

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  • expanse — expanse, amplitude, spread, stretch are comparable when they denote an area or range of considerable or conspicuous extent. Expanse is applied chiefly to vast areas open to view and usually uniform in character {pure as the expanse of Heaven… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • expanse — /ik spans /, n. 1. an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything: an expanse of water. 2. something that is spread out, esp. over a relatively large area: that great expanse, the sky. 3. expansion; extension: the wide expanse of… …   Universalium

  • expanse — n. a broad, wide expanse * * * [ɪk spæns] wide expanse a broad …   Combinatory dictionary

  • wide-watered — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : having a wide expanse of water: as a. : bordering the sea some wide watered shore John Milton b. : traversed by wide streams wide watered fen Alexander Pope …   Useful english dictionary

  • wide´ness — wide «wyd», adjective, wid|er, wid|est, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. filling more space from side to side than the usual thing of the same sort; not narrow; broad: »a wide street, a wide hall …   Useful english dictionary

  • Expanse — Ex*panse , n. [From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere. See {Expand}.] That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. The green expanse. Savage. [1913 Webster] Lights . . . high in the expanse… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • expanse — ► NOUN 1) a wide continuous area of something, typically land or sea. 2) the distance to which something expands or can be expanded …   English terms dictionary

  • expanse — [ek spans′, ikspans′] n. [ME expans < L expansum, neut. pp. of expandere: see EXPAND] 1. a large, open area or unbroken surface; wide extent; great breadth 2. expansion …   English World dictionary

  • expanse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, endless, great, huge, infinite, large, limitless, long, vast, wide ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • expanse — ex|panse [ıkˈspæns] n a very large area of water, sky, land etc expanse of ▪ an expanse of blue sky vast/wide/large etc expanse ▪ the vast expanse of the ocean …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • wide — wideness, n. /wuyd/, adj., wider, widest, adv., n. adj. 1. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard. 2. having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three feet wide. 3. of great horizontal extent;… …   Universalium

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