expanse

Everyday

1. An expanse is a very wide, open area of land, sea, sky or something else. tree →
2. It suggests something large and empty or smooth stretching out far. tree →

In the lessons

Descriptive writing about landscapes: deserts, oceans, snow, sky. Geography lessons. Phrases: a vast expanse, an expanse of water, wide expanse.

Examples

• A vast expanse of sand stretched in front of us. tree →
• We looked out over the blue expanse of the ocean. tree →
• The plane flew over a white expanse of snow. tree →
• An expanse of green fields surrounded the farm. tree →
• Stars filled the dark expanse of the sky. tree →
• The prairie was a huge, flat expanse. tree →
• Tartarus was a vast and gloomy expanse, as far below Hades as the earth is distant from the skies. tree →

Note

Countable. Not the same as expense (cost) — a common confusion. Related to expand.