expanse
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
expanse
n 1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" [syn: {sweep},
{expanse}]
2: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a
boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square
feet in area" [syn: {area}, {expanse}, {surface area}]
3: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Expanse \Ex*panse"\, n. [From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere.
See {Expand}.]
That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space
or body; especially, the arch of the sky. "The green
expanse." --Savage.
[1913 Webster]
Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "expanse":
acreage, ampleness, amplitude, area, beam, bigness, body,
boundlessness, breadth, broadness, bulk, caliber, compass,
continuum, coverage, depth, diameter, dimension, dimensions,
distance, distance across, domain, emptiness, empty space,
enormity, enormousness, expansion, extension, extent, field,
formidableness, fullness, galactic space, gauge, gigantism, girth,
grandeur, grandness, great scope, greatness, height, hugeness,
immensity, infinite space, infinity, intensity, interstellar space,
largeness, latitude, length, length and breadth, magnitude, mass,
measure, measurement, might, mightiness, muchness, nothingness,
orbit, outer space, plenitude, power, prodigiousness, proportion,
proportions, radius, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, span,
spatial extension, sphere, spread, strength, stretch,
stupendousness, superficial extension, surface, sweep, territory,
tract, tremendousness, vastness, void, volume, wideness, width
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