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4 lettersPronunciation /vɛlt/Part of speech nounSorted delvStarts with VEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. elevated open grassland in southern Africa

Word origin

Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, or from its etymon Dutch veld (“field; open country”) (formerly spelled veldt), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field, plain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of field.

Used in a sentence

  • In the Bokke-velds, as they are called, theſe animals [springbok] are found in great numbers, and ſometimes at Roode-Zand.
  • Advance tovvards the Cond Bokke Veld, or cold country of Antelopes: mountains covered with ſnovv.
  • The pastoral lands or "velds," which extend chiefly around the outer slopes and in the east, are distinguished according to the nature of the grass or sedge which they produce as "sweet" or "sour."

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