пу́стошь — meaning in English
pustosh
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English meaning
- barren adj Not producing crops, plants, or life; unproductive land.
- heath noun An open, uncultivated stretch of land, typically with sandy soil and low shrubs like heather.
- 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.
- wasteland noun An area of land that is barren, ruined, or has no useful resources.
Senses
пу́стошь is used for these senses in English:
- barren An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
- heath A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
- 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.
- wasteland A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
barren — full definition
- adj Not producing crops, plants, or life; unproductive land.
- adj Lacking in interest, ideas, or results.
- adj (dated, of a person or animal) Unable to have children or offspring.
heath — full definition
- noun An open, uncultivated stretch of land, typically with sandy soil and low shrubs like heather.
- noun Any of several small evergreen shrubs, especially in the heather family.
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