terrain

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An area of land, especially with regard to its natural features.

   The hikers struggled across the rocky terrain.

2. 2
   noun

   The surface of the ground, considered in terms of its shape and obstacles.

   The vehicle is built to handle rough terrain.

Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).

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