dry land
Solid ground underfoot
Dry land is land as opposed to water—solid ground where one can stand without sinking or swimming.
The phrase emphasizes the contrast with sea, lake, or flooded areas: After weeks at sea, the sailors were desperate to reach dry land.
It appears in biblical contexts describing the emergence of earth from primordial waters.
- terra firmaSolid ground underfoot
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- continentLarge connected landmass
- ashoreOn land from water
- plainBasic and unremarkable
ground · firm footing · world · soil · arid · desert · dust bowl · globe · crust · plateau · foothold · region · steppe · mesa · coast · tundra · turf · savanna
- barren landswasteland, wastelands, badlands, scrubland, salt flats
- Extreme Terrainabyss, arctic, Antarctic, Antarctica, Death Valley
- groundground, earth, soil, dirt, terra firma
- Flood MythsNoah, deluge, flood myth, biblical flood, flood story
- farmlandfarms, farm, fields, field, barns
- swim trainingswim lessons, swimming lessons, swim coaching, freestyle, laps