bare earth

Frequency: 6.05.2 per million words

Ground not covered by vegetation.

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Examples (10)

  • There was nothing but bare earth to be seen after the wildfire.
  • After months of drought, the once-lush fields were reduced to cracked, bare earth.
  • The construction site was a vast expanse of bare earth, churned up by heavy machinery.
  • He cleared the weeds, leaving a neat rectangle of bare earth ready for planting.
  • In the depths of winter, the forest floor is mostly bare earth and fallen leaves.
  • The playground was worn down to bare earth under the swings.
  • A single footprint was visible on the patch of damp, bare earth.
  • They built their small hut on a foundation of packed bare earth.
  • Where a vibrant garden once flourished, now only a patch of bare earth remained.
  • The retreating army's policy left miles of blackened trees and bare earth.