dry land

1. 1.

   the solid part of the earth's surface

   “the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land”

   “the earth shook for several minutes”

   “he dropped the logs on the ground”

   Synonymslandearthgroundsolid groundterra firma

   Broaderobject

   NarrowerAmericaarchipelagobeachfrontcapecoastal plainfloorforelandforestislandisthmus

   Part ofEarth

Questions about dry land

What does dry land mean?

dry land means "the solid part of the earth's surface".

What is another word for dry land?

Close synonyms include land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dry land a common word?

dry land is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.