tun|dra

tun|dra
tun|dra «TUHN druh», noun.
1. a vast, level, treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer. Much of Alaska and northern Canada is tundra.
2. any one of various tracts and areas similar to this, as certain plateaus in the Andes and elsewhere.
╂[< Russian tundra]

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  • tun·dra — /ˈtʌndrə/ noun, pl dras [count, noncount] : a large area of flat land in northern parts of the world where there are no trees and the ground is always frozen the Canadian tundra …   Useful english dictionary

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  • tun — am·a·tun·gu·la; au·tun·ite; bak·tun; chul·tun; co·tun·nite; im·por·tun·er; ka·tun; kha·tun; nep·tun·ism; nep·tun·ist; nep·tun·ite; no·tun·gu·la·ta; op·por·tun·ism; oro·tun·di·ty; pan·tun; pec·tun·cu·late; pe·tun; pe·tun·tse; pic·tun; pukh·tun;… …   English syllables

  • tundra — tun·dra …   English syllables

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  • Tundra — Tụn|dra auch: Tụnd|ra 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: Tụn|dren; Geogr.〉 jenseits der polaren Baumgrenze gelegene, baumlose Formation (4), häufig auf Dauerfrostboden, Kältesteppe [Etym.: russ. <finn. ugr.] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • tundra — tun|dra Mot Pla Nom femení …   Diccionari Català-Català

  • tundra — tùn·dra s.f. CO TS geogr. formazione vegetale tipica delle terre artiche, costituita da muschi, licheni e rari arbusti nani | regione caratterizzata da tale vegetazione {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1895. ETIMO: dal russo tundra, da una voce lapp …   Dizionario italiano

  • tundra — tun|dra [ˈtʌndrə] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : Russian; Origin: Lapp tundar] the large flat areas of land in the north of Russia, Canada etc, where it is very cold and there are no trees …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Tundra — Tun|dra* die; , ...ren <aus gleichbed. russ. tundra> baumlose Kältesteppe jenseits der arktischen Waldgrenze …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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