Tract of land
1tract of land — index premises (buildings) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2tract of land — A lot, piece or parcel of land, of greater or less size, the term not importing, in itself, any precise dimension, though term generally refers to a large piece of land. Holt v. Wichita County Water Improvement Dist. No. 2, Tex.Civ.App., 48… …
3tract of land — portion of land …
4Tract — Tract, n. [L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course, tract of land, from trahere tractum, to draw. Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track. See {Trace},v., and cf. {Tratt}.] 1. Something drawn out or extended; expanse. The deep… …
5land — n 1: an area of the earth usu. inclusive of improvements, bodies of water, and natural or man made objects and extending indefinitely upward and downward compare air right 2: an estate, interest, or right in land land means both surface and… …
6land grant — land′ grant n. gov a tract of land given by the government, as for colleges or railroads • Etymology: 1850–55 …
7land grant — tract of land granted by the government for the establishment of roads/highways or railroads or educational institution (such as college, university) …
8Tract housing — Aerial view of housing developments near Markham, Ontario. Tract housing is a style of housing development in which multiple similar homes are built on a tract of land which is subdivided into individual small lots. Tract housing developments are …
9tract — [[t]træ̱kt[/t]] tracts 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A tract of land or tracts of land is a very large area of land. A vast tract of land is ready for development... They cleared large tracts of forest for farming, logging and ranching. 2) N COUNT A… …
10tract house — noun one of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land • Hypernyms: ↑house • Part Holonyms: ↑tract housing * * * noun : one of many similarly designed houses built on a tract of land * * * a house forming part of a real …
