English-Thai Dictionary

expanse

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPANSE

n.expans'. [L. expansum.] A spreading; extend; a wide extent of space or body; as the expanse of heave. The smooth expanse of crystal lakes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPANSE

Ex *panse ", n. Etym: [From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere. See Expand. ]

 

Defn: That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. "The green expanse. " Savage. Lights. .. high in the expanse of heaven. Milton. The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. Pope.

 

EXPANSE

EXPANSE Ex *panse ", v. t.

 

Defn: To expand. [Obs. ] That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. Sir. T. Browne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expanse

ex panse |ikˈspans ɪkˈspæns | ▶noun an area of something, typically land or sea, presenting a wide continuous surface: the green expanse of the forest. • the distance to which something expands or can be expanded: the moth has a wing expanse of 20 to 24 mm. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin expansum ‘something expanded, ’ neuter past participle of expandere (see expand ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

expanse

ex |panse |ɪkˈspans, ɛk- | ▶noun a wide continuous area of something: the green expanse of the forest. • the distance to which something expands or can be expanded: the moth has a wing expanse of 20 to 24 mm. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin expansum ‘something expanded ’, neuter past participle of expandere (see expand ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

expanse

expanse noun an expanse of wheat and barley: area, stretch, sweep, tract, swathe, belt, region; sea, carpet, blanket, sheet.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

expanse

expanse noun this wide expanse of grass and heather: area, stretch, sweep, tract, swathe, plain, field, belt, region; sea, carpet, blanket, sheet; breadth, range, spread, reach, space, extent, vastness. ANTONYMS confined space, enclosure.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expanse

ex panse /ɪkspǽns, eks- /→expand 名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /C 1 (大地 海などの )広がり ▸ a vast expanse of ocean 大海原 2 膨張 , 拡大 (expansion ); 膨張量 .