waste land

English - Turkish

Definition of waste land in English Turkish dictionary

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ekilmemiş toprak

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English - English

Definition of waste land in English English dictionary

a long poem by T.S. Eliot. It is written in a style that was new and unusual at that time, and it has had a great influence on modern poetry (1922)

wilderness, uncultivated land

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wasteland

A region with no remaining resources; a desert

Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland.

wasteland

a place, situation, or time that has no excitement or interest SYN desert: "The seventies were a cultural wasteland."

wasteland

an unattractive area, often with old ruined buildings, factories etc on it: "urban/industrial wasteland", "the restoration of industrial wasteland"

wasteland

Weed-infested, desolate habitat

wasteland

Land which is considered to be economically unfit for production, such as swampland or desert land

wasteland

{i} desolate place, wilderness

wasteland

Any barren or uninteresting place

wasteland

disapproval If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as a wasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it. the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule = desert

wasteland

1 (With "The"), A classic American poem of the early 20th Century by Thomas Stearns Eliot 2 A property which cannot be developed for profitable use

wasteland

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"

wasteland

A wasteland is an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland

Hyphenation

waste Land

Turkish pronunciation

weyst länd

Pronunciation

/ˈwāst ˈland/ /ˈweɪst ˈlænd/

Etymology

[ 'wAst ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Old North French wast, from wast, adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste; more at VAST.