turflessadj.
/ˈtəːflɪs/ Devoid of turf, bare.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > grassland > lacking
grasslessa1450
turflessa1743
bladeless1857
a1743 R. Savage Of Public Spirit 44 Turfless, leafless, and uncultur'd plains.
1816 Ld. Byron Prisoner of Chillon vii The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love.
1897 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 338 The graveyard with its turfless mounds of red earth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.a1743- plank house
- plank it
- plank owner
- plank pile
- plank piling
- plank plant
- plank pose
- plank position
- plank raft
- plank road
- plank sheeting
- plank steak
- plank table
- plank timber
- plank tubbing
- plank upon plank
- plank work
- plank-built
- plank-dressing
- plank-island
- plank-over-plank
- plank-sided
- plank-timbering
- plankage
- plankbuilt