barren landscape

collocation in English

meaningsofbarrenandlandscape

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barren
adjective
uk
/ˈbær.ən/
us
/ˈber.ən/
unable to produce plants ...
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landscape
noun
uk
/ˈlænd.skeɪp/
us
/ˈlænd.skeɪp/
a large area of land, especially in relation to ...
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(Definition ofbarrenandlandscapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Western novels, or cowboy novels, portrayed the west as both abarrenlandscapeand a romanticized idealistic way of living.
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Traveling across abarrenlandscape, they come to a poisonous marsh.
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At that time, it was common for a developer to build a grand hotel as a draw for what would otherwise be abarrenlandscape.
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It is the site of extensive gold rush hydraulic mining, with a dramatic andbarrenlandscapestill remaining.
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The lumbermen left behind abarrenlandscapethat was devastated by erosion and wildfires.
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Thebarrenlandscapebelow offers a magnificent view.
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As she wanders through, the camera pans across thebarrenlandscapeand zooms in on a skull figure.
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These 5 regiments were thus some of the first to adopt khaki uniforms, known as "drab", so suitable for the localbarrenlandscape.
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It shows a lovely mulatress seated on a boulder in a mostlybarrenlandscape.
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The preserve is known for itsbarrenlandscape.
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The lumbermen left behind abarrenlandscapethat was devastated by erosion, flooding and wildfires for twenty years.
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Becoming pregnant, she wanders off into a vast andbarrenlandscape.
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Silica precipitates at the surface to form either geyserite or sinter, creating the massive geyser cones, the scalloped edges of hot springs, and the seeminglybarrenlandscapeof geyser basins.
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It occupies a very large area of mostlybarrenlandscapeincluding hills, valleys, and a desert that test the skills and endurance of soldiers that train there.
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Both have demons in their past from which they are running, and both seem to find solace in thebarrenlandscapewhich lies secluded from the rest of the world.
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The painting depicts a flat,barrenlandscapewith a woman in a plain dress in the foreground -- a man, a wagon and two horses are in the background.
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The resulting flat, barren landscapes were too alkaline and nutrient-poor for plants to grow.
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This can quickly result in barren landscapes where only a small number of species can thrive.
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It can be found in barren landscapes with little vegetation, and sometimes nests in rock crevices.
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