terrain

/təˈɹeɪn/

noun 4

Collocations

ADJ

flat | hilly, mountainous, rocky, rough, rugged, uneven

difficult, harsh, inhospitable

The mountainous terrain made the hiking trip much more challenging than we expected.

familiar | unknown | boggy, marshy

VERB + TERRAIN

cross, traverse

PREP

across/over ~

The hikers slowly made their way over the steep mountainous terrain.

noun

A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.

An area of land or its particular features.

The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.

The surface of the earth; the ground.

This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.

controlled flight into terrain

An individual's overall state of health.

The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.

Wiktionary

This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.

Wiktionary

controlled flight into terrain

Wiktionary

This is awfully hilly terrain; I hope we don't screw up the transmission.

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The rough terrain checked the progress of the hikers.

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He wrote the article "Robotic Mining and Minerals on Martian Terrain."

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