tract of land

collocation in English

meaningsoftractandland

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tract
noun[C]
uk
/trækt/us
/trækt/
a short piece of writing, especially on a religious or political subject, that is intended to influence other ...
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land
noun
uk
/lænd/us
/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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(Definition oftractandlandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftract of land

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The state owned an adjacenttractoflandon which it intended to build additional government buildings.
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A family group who occupied atractoflandby birthright could not be dispossessed except when a member committed a severe offence.
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In economic terms, this means that in order to earn even a single dollar from eco-tourism, this relatively largetractoflandhas to be set aside.
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To strengthen a claim of unbroken ownership of atractoflandsince early times, old parishioners with long memories of past perambulations were produced as witnesses.
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Is it a bigtractofland, or merely sufficient to put down the bores?
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Users will know what line to take across what can sometimes be, with today's larger fields, an extensive and featurelesstractofland.
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There is a considerabletractoflandwhich is eminently suitable for the construction of reservoirs.
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I recognise, however, that we may have a great scheme involving atractoflandon a portion of which there is a common.
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There you will see a largetractoflandjust before the harvest, thick with corn, blowing gracefully in the wind.
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There are small landlords owning atractofland, part of which they let and part of which they work themselves.
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The house lies in atractoflandof great natural beauty, partly wooded and covering several thousand acres.
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At present this immensetractoflandis left practically useless, derelict and waterlogged.
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That is a largetractofland.
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Thattractoflandis now worth a very great deal more than when the company first acquired its rights.
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In my own county, for instance, we have lately acquired a very largetractofland, some 1,500 to 1,800 acres.
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There a largetractoflandhas been let, and 50 years have been given to the tenant to put up the last house.
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Atractoflandcoming into the possession of one of these companies might include woods and have a pretty rural outlook.
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Passing through the streets and over atractoflandmuch used by holiday makers, it reached the open country, leaving a trail of victims in its wake.
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It is a model of how landscape conservation, agricultural production and public access to recreation can all three be reconciled and accommodated together on the sametractofland.
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That will leave a vasttractoflandthat will take many years to redevelop, leading to further uncertainty and blight during the lengthy planning process.
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