noun

prairie

PREH-uh-ree

noun

A large stretch of flat or gently rolling grassland with very few trees, especially in North America.

"The wagon train crossed hundreds of miles of open prairie."

"Bison once roamed the prairies of the American Midwest in vast herds."

How to Use Prairie

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishWide open grassland with hardly any trees, like the plains of the American Midwest or the Canadian Prairies.

Common pairings

prairie grass open prairie prairie dog

prairies plural

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The wagon train crossed hundreds of miles of open _____.

Borrowed from French "prairie" ("meadow"), from Latin "pratum," meaning "meadow."

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