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or veldt
as in savanna
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
lions prowling the African veld
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Recent Examples of veld
These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began.
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Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
The Rovos line in all its splendor—a vision of green and white carriages that draws the eye across the yellow veld—owes its existence to the foresight of South African Rohan Vos, who, back in 1989, took the business from unlikely dream to realization.
—Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2023
Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa’s veld, or grassland, like aloes and red grass.
—Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2021
There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld, as South Africans call it.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
The veld looked like the giant desiccated hide of some ancient creature, skinned and scarred and skeletal.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
Early in the play, Piet says of the plants:
That veld is a hard world.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 29 May 2018
Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld.
—charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
The giraffe now appeared to be part of a surreal painting, running across a purplish veld beneath a red sky.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
The Rovos line in all its splendor—a vision of green and white carriages that draws the eye across the yellow veld—owes its existence to the foresight of South African Rohan Vos, who, back in 1989, took the business from unlikely dream to realization.
—Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2023
Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa’s veld, or grassland, like aloes and red grass.
—Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2021
There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld, as South Africans call it.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
The veld looked like the giant desiccated hide of some ancient creature, skinned and scarred and skeletal.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
Early in the play, Piet says of the plants:
That veld is a hard world.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 29 May 2018
Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld.
—charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
The giraffe now appeared to be part of a surreal painting, running across a purplish veld beneath a red sky.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veld
Noun
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It’s known mostly for the Namib Desert coming down to the Atlantic Ocean coast, but also for mountains, canyons and savannas.—
Lea Lane,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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One of the new exhibits includes a 23-acre African savanna featuring rhinos, giraffes, cheetahs and lions, according to past reporting.—
Emma Hall,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In 1974, Soviet scientists fired rockets from the steppes of Kazakhstan into the upper atmosphere.—
Carl Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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The new population comes from the steppes of a different location: between the North Caucasus Mountains and the lower Volga.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The maria are vast, solidified lava plains that formed between 3.2 billion and 3.6 billion years ago from volcanic activity.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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The mandate also targets oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and again revokes the conservation status of 28 million acres of public land that had been withdrawn from mineral and energy development since 1971.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
31 Jan. 2025
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But, as their grassland habitat dwindled, so did their population.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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Specifically, the credits now foreshadow particular moments that emerge over the course of the season: Look no further than the moment when innie Mark hobbles about a hilly grassland, which turns to be an actual milieu for a scene anchored by Gwendoline Christie in episode three.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Veld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veld. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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