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expanse
[ ik-spans ]
noun
- an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything:
an expanse of water.
Synonyms: , , ,
- something that is spread out, especially over a relatively large area:
that great expanse, the sky.
- expansion; extension:
the wide expanse of scientific knowledge.
expanse
/ ɪ°ìˈ²õ±èæ²Ô²õ /
noun
- an uninterrupted surface of something that spreads or extends, esp over a wide area; stretch
an expanse of water
- expansion or extension
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of expanse1
Example Sentences
Now, nearly three months later, tidy expanses of soil are all that is left in spaces where structures once stood.
Nearly every checkout lane once manned by a cashier is now closed, leaving a vast, eerie expanse of empty aisles where humans used to stand.
Teuchitlán is a bustling agricultural hub of 40,000 near the touristy “tequila route,†a road lined with expanses of sugar cane and agave, the spiky plant that yields tequila.
A dense expanse of rainforest between Colombia and Panama, the Darién Gap can only be crossed on foot, risking accidents, disease and attacks by criminal gangs.
A digger tucked into the dumped piles and loaded a trailer, which was then pulled across a vast expanse of mucky wet ground by a tractor.
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