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swampland — ☆ swampland [swäm′land΄, swôm′land΄ ] n. a swamp, or land in a swamp, esp. when cultivable … English World dictionary
Swampland — Recent developments in string theory suggest that the string theory landscape of vacua is vast. It is natural to ask if this landscape is as vast as allowed by consistent looking effective field theories. Some authors (like Cumrun Vafa [… … Wikipedia
swampland — [[t]swɒ̱mplænd[/t]] swamplands N VAR Swampland is an area of land that is always very wet … English dictionary
Swampland in Florida — refers to decades old but still recurring real estate scams involving swamp lands misrepresented as being possible to develop, or buildable . These scams became widely known and now also have meaning as a common figure of speech.Expressions like… … Wikipedia
swampland — noun Date: 1662 swamp 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary
swampland — /swomp land /, n. land or an area covered with swamps. [1655 65, Amer.; SWAMP + LAND] * * * … Universalium
swampland — noun a) Low lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh. b) The set of all possible string theories … Wiktionary
swampland — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A usually low lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough1, swamp, wetland. See DRY … English dictionary for students
swampland — n. region or area of land having many swamps; land of swampy consistency … English contemporary dictionary
swampland — (also swamplands) noun land consisting of swamps … English new terms dictionary
swampland — swamp•land [[t]ˈswɒmpˌlænd[/t]] n. ecl land or an area covered with swamps • Etymology: 1655–65, amer … From formal English to slang
