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noun
- 1. a large open area of grassland, especially in North America.
- 2. a steam locomotive of 2-6-2 wheel arrangement.
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noun. us / ˈpreər·i / Add to word list. a wide area of flat land, covered with grass, esp. a large area in central North America that was originally covered by grass and is now mainly farming land. (Definition of prairie from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of prairie. prairie.
Learn the meaning of prairie as a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. A prairie is a large area of level or rolling grassland, often in North America.
Prairie is a noun that means a wide area of flat land without trees, especially in Canada and the northern U.S. Learn how to use it in sentences, see related words and phrases, and find translations in different languages.
Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type.
Prairie definition: an extensive, level or slightly undulating, mostly treeless tract of land in the Mississippi valley, characterized by a highly fertile soil and originally covered with coarse grasses, and merging into drier plateaus in the west.. See examples of PRAIRIE used in a sentence.
A prairie is a flat, wide area of land in North America and Canada, without many trees and originally covered with grass. Learn how to say prairie, see pictures and example sentences, and find out more about its origin and collocations.
A prairie is a large area of flat, grassy land in North America with very few trees. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms of prairie from Collins English Dictionary.
