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Webster 1913 Edition
Expanse
Ex-panse′
,Noun.
That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.
“The green expanse.” Savage.
Lights . . . high in the
expanse
of heaven. Milton.
The smooth
expanse
of crystal lakes. Pope.
Ex-panse′
,Verb.
T.
To expand.
[Obs.]
That lies
expansed
unto the eyes of all. Sir. T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Expanse
EXPANSE
,Noun.
The smooth expanse of crystal lakes.
Definition 2024
expanse
expanse
See also: expansé
English
Noun
expanse (plural expanses)
- A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, chapter 1/1/3, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens.
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- An amount of spread or stretch.
Translations
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky
An amount of spread or stretch
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