peneplain

1. 1.

   a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements

   Synonymspeneplane

   Broaderplain

   geology

Other forms of peneplain

plural

peneplains·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peneplain

What does peneplain mean?

peneplain means "a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements".

How many syllables are in peneplain?

peneplain has 3 syllables: pe-ne-plain. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for peneplain?

Close synonyms include peneplane. 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 peneplain a common word?

peneplain 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.