Definition of TERRAIN

terrain

Meanings

Plural: terrains

Noun

  • a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential
    • "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"
  • A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
  • An area of land or the particular features of it.
  • The surface of the earth; the ground.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

ground

Scrabble Score: 7

terrain is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
terrain is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
terrain is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

terrain is a valid Words With Friends word