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mainland
noun main·land \ˈmān-ˌland, -lənd\
: a large area of land that forms a country or a continent and that does not include islands
Full Definition of MAINLAND
: a continent or the main part of a continent as distinguished from an offshore island or sometimes from a cape or peninsula
— main·land·er \-ˌlan-dər, -lən-\ noun
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First Known Use of MAINLAND
14th century
Rhymes with MAINLAND
armband, at hand, backhand, backland, badland, bandstand, barehand, benchland, blackland, brass band, broadband, brushland, bushland, cabstand, cloudland, coastland, co-brand, command, cowhand, crash-land, cropland, crown land, dead hand, deckhand, demand, disband, dockhand, dockland, downland, dreamland, dryland, duneland, expand, farmhand, farmland, fenland, field hand, filmland, firebrand, firsthand, flatland, forehand, four-hand, free hand, freehand, gangland, glad-hand, Gotland, grandstand, grassland, handstand, hardstand, hatband, headband, headstand, heartland, heathland, home stand, hour hand, Iceland, in hand, inkstand, inland, iron hand, jack stand, jug band, kickstand, Kokand, Lapland, left-hand, longhand, lymph gland, marshland, misbrand, newsstand, nightstand, northland, noseband, off-brand, offhand, oil gland, old hand, on hand, outland, outstand, parkland, passband, pineland, playland, proband, Queensland, quicksand, rangeland, remand, repand, Rhineland, ribband, right-hand, rimland, ring stand, roband, salt gland, scabland, screenland, scrubland, seastrand, shorthand, sideband, southland, spaceband, stagehand, steel band, summand, swampland, sweatband, sweat gland, tar sand, Thailand, thirdhand, tideland, trainband, unhand, unmanned, waistband, washstand, watchband, wave band, wetland, whip hand, wildland, withstand, wristband, X band
Mainland
geographical name Main·land \ˈmān-ˌland, -lənd\
Definition of MAINLAND
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island N Scotland; largest of the Orkneys
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island N Scotland; largest of the Shetlands
MAINLAND Defined for Kids
mainland
noun main·land \ˈmān-ˌland\
Definition of MAINLAND for Kids
: a continent or the largest part of a continent as distinguished from an offshore island or islands
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