EXPANSE

Pronunciation (US):

 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)