veldt

CIDE DICTIONARY

veldt, n. [D. veld. Cf. Field, n.].

 A region or tract of land; esp., the open field, thinly forested or with bushes and shrubs; grass country.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

ROGET THESAURUS

veldt

Plain

N plain, table-land, face of the country, open country, champaign country, basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt, moor, moorland, bush, plateau, campagna, alkali flat, llano, mesa, mesilla, playa, shaking prairie, trembling prairie, vega, meadow, mead, haugh, pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather, lea, ley, lay, grounds, maidan, agostadero, champaign, alluvial, campestral, campestrial, campestrian, campestrine.