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prairie
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
prairie
(noun)
prairie dog
(noun)
Prairie Provinces
(proper noun)
Grand Prairie
(proper noun)
prairie
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ˈ
preri/
noun
plural
prairies
prairie
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ˈ
preri/
noun
plural
prairies
Britannica Dictionary definition of PRAIRIE
:
a large, mostly flat area of land in North America that has few trees and is covered in grasses
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Millions of buffalo once roamed the
prairies
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The train tracks extend over miles of
prairie
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often used before another noun
prairie
grasses/flowers
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