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champ

Definitions of champ
  1. noun
    a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
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    types:
    jardin, terrain, terres
    the enclosed land around a house or other building
    campus
    a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
    coupe-feu
    a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
    gazon
    a field of cultivated and mowed grass
    rizière
    an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
    jardin derrière la maison
    the grounds in back of a house
    jardin devant la maison
    the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
    jardin
    a yard or lawn adjoining a house
    cour, cour de récréation
    yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play
    type of:
    parcelle
    an extended area of land
  2. noun
    the solid part of the earth's surface
    synonyms: sol, terre
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    examples:
    île de Man
    one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
    îlot
    a small island
    types:
    archipel
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
    sol
    the ground on which people and animals move about
    forêt
    land that is covered with trees and shrubs
    île
    a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
    isthme
    a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
    continent
    the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
    col
    a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
    péninsule
    a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
    plaine
    extensive tract of level open land
    plaine
    a level tract of land
    bruyère, lande
    open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
    champ de neige
    a permanent wide expanse of snow
    steppe
    extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
    toundra
    a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
    type of:
    objet
    a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
  3. noun
    a region in which active military operations are in progress
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    type of:
    région
    a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
  4. noun
    somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
    synonyms: domaine
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    type of:
    région
    a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
  5. noun
    the enclosed land around a house or other building
    synonyms: jardin, terrain, terres
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    types:
    jardin derrière la maison
    the grounds in back of a house
    jardin devant la maison
    the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
    jardin
    a yard or lawn adjoining a house
    cour, cour de récréation
    yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play
  6. noun
    the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
    synonyms: champ de forces
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    types:
    champ électrique
    a field of force surrounding a charged particle
    champ magnétique
    the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
    type of:
    phénomène physique
    a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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