plain
noun/pleɪn/
/pleɪn/
(also plains [plural])
- a large area of flat land
- the flat coastal plain of Thassos
- Millions of buffalo used to roam freely across the Great Plains.
Homophones plain | planeplain plane/pleɪn//pleɪn/- plain adjective
- She likes plain food, without sauces or cheese.
- plain noun
- Wheat is still grown on the Lombardy plain.
- plain adverb (informal)
- That's just plain silly!
- plane noun
- They recently flew into London on a private plane.
- plane verb
- You may need to plane the surface for a smoother fit.
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc1- Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.
- Herds of buffalo roamed these plains.
- Nothing grew on the plain.
- The horses galloped across the open plains.
- fertile plains suitable for farming
- miles of rolling plain, made fertile by the river
- the Olduvai Gorge in the vast plain of Tanzania
- To the east lies the flat coastal plain of the Yucatan peninsula.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- open
- rolling
- great
- …
- cross
- roam
- across a/the plain
- in a/the plain
- on a/the plain
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French plain, from Latin planus, from a base meaning ‘flat’.Definitions on the go
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