expanses

NOUN

large space, usually open

Synonyms

STRONGEST

plain stretch tract wilderness

STRONG

amplitude area belt breadth compass distance domain extension extent field immensity latitude length margin orbit radius range reach region remoteness room scope span sphere spread sweep territory width

WEAK

uninterrupted space

Antonyms

STRONG

extreme height limitation

Example Sentences

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Expanses of it fill the center of canvases, swelling and folding, minutely and specifically textured and tinted: creamy rose, poached-salmon pink, toasty brown.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2010

Expanses of bags full of radioactive soil can be seen in the background.

From National Geographic

Expanses of fog were relieved only by rain; cloud banks were broken only by a northeast gale.

From Time Magazine Archive

Expanses of grass were broken by strips of pine trees and mounds of tended shrubbery.

From Joe Burke's Last Stand by Wetterau, John Moncure

The merchant therefore reached his garden unperceived and thenceforward maintained an undeviating face in the direction of the Outer Expanses.

From Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Bramah, Ernest