Definition of expanse - WordReference.com Dictionary

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expanse
A	noun
	1	sweep, expanse
			a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚magnitude ╚extent ╚scope; range; reach; orbit; compass; ambit ╚sweep, expanse
	2	area, expanse, surface area
			the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚magnitude ╚extent ╚area, expanse, surface area ╚balk; baulk ╚space ╚space; blank space; place ╚erasure ╚footprint ╚acreage; land area
	3	expanse
			a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
		Category Tree: entity ╚expanse ╚stretch ╚sheet