荒れ地 — meaning in English

English meaning

• moor noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
• waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.

Senses

荒れ地 is used for these senses in English:

• moor An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
• waste A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.

moor — full definition

1. noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
2. verb To tie up and fix a boat in place with ropes, chains, or an anchor.

waste — full definition

1. noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.
2. noun The act of using something carelessly or without getting proper value from it.
3. verb To use something carelessly or fail to make good use of it.
4. adjective Not used, cultivated, or wanted; discarded or barren.

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