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Countryside ˈkʌntrisaɪd Open Surrounding Noun Bre Windswept Rocky

Word countryside
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈkʌntrisaɪd / NAmE / ˈkʌntrisaɪd /
Example
  • the surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky.
  • magnificent views over open countryside
  • everyone should enjoy the right of access to the countryside.
  • she lives in the country.
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countryside

(noun)BrE / ˈkʌntrisaɪd / NAmE / ˈkʌntrisaɪd /
  1. land outside towns and cities, with fields, woods, etc.
    • The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky.
    • magnificent views over open countryside
    • Everyone should enjoy the right of access to the countryside.
    • She lives in the country.
    • an area of wooded country
    • This pattern of woods and fields is typical of the English landscape.
    • a little village in the French countryside.
    • The truck bumped its way over the rough terrain.
    • Many younger people are leaving the land to find work in the cities.
    • We stopped on the mountain pass to admire the scenery.

    Extra Examples

    • Castles and churches dot the countryside.
    • I dream of living in the countryside.
    • In the afternoons they roamed the countryside around the house.
    • Police scoured the countryside in search of the missing man.
    • Soon we were driving through pleasant open countryside.
    • The countryside has been ravaged by pollution.
    • The feel for his native countryside comes through strongly in his photographs.
    • a delightful stretch of countryside
    • a small town surrounded by picturesque countryside
    • a walk through the lush green countryside
    • miles of beautiful countryside
    • the countryside around Oxford
    • travelling through pleasant open countryside
    • vast tracts of countryside
    • During the school vacation we would roam the countryside.
    • He knew the local countryside well.
    • The surrounding countryside is magnificent.
    • a little village in the French countryside
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