EXPANSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does expanse mean?
• EXPANSE (noun)
The noun EXPANSE has 3 senses:
1. a wide scope
2. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
3. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
Familiarity information: EXPANSE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• EXPANSE (noun)
Meaning:
A wide scope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
expanse; sweep
Context example:
the sweep of the plains
Hypernyms ("expanse" is a kind of...):
ambit; compass; orbit; range; reach; scope (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:)
Meaning:
The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
surface area; expanse; area
Context examples:
the area of a rectangle / it was about 500 square feet in area
Hypernyms ("expanse" is a kind of...):
extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expanse"):
acreage; land area (an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming))
footprint (the area taken up by some object)
erasure (a surface area where something has been erased)
blank space; place; space (a blank area)
space (one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff)
balk; baulk (the area on a billiard table behind the balkline)
plane section; section ((geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid)
Meaning:
A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("expanse" is a kind of...):
space (an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expanse"):
sheet (any broad thin expanse or surface)
stretch (a large and unbroken expanse or distance)
