broad plain

collocation in English

meaningsofbroadandplain

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broad
adjective
uk
/brɔːd/us
/brɑːd/
very ...
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plain
noun
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
a large area of ...
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(Definition ofbroadandplainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For much of the river's length its banks are relatively high, but topped by abroadplain.
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He came to abroadplainat the foot of the mountains, and saw lying at rest.
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The attack on thebroadplainwas made hastily and without supporting artillery fire.
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The valley widens further to a flat andbroadplain.
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The exterior walls are finished in wooden clapboarding and displaybroadplainboard corner and frieze trim below the projecting eaves with their raking cornices without returns.
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In the southwest, broad plains stretch inland for a number of kilometres.
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It consists of broad plains, dense tropical forest, tall mountainous peaks, and temperate coasts.
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The community occurs at altitudes between 560 and 1200 metres in valleys influenced by cold air drainage and in broad plains.
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Further, many valles feature broad plains created by river floodplains or ancient lake beds, that serve better than the steeper more formidable terrain of the yungas.
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It is mostly broad plains and desert.
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