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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dry land
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He walked slowly, however, to make the journey as long as possible, and put her down on dry land.
▪ He was treading on dry land.
▪ On dry land the nearest equivalents of the filter-feeders are the grazers.
▪ Our group learned the basics on a dry land simulator - a Topper without the sail.
▪ She was looking forward to standing on dry land once more.
▪ The dry land plants, suitable for paludariums and terrariums, have leaves distinctly divided into the petiole and narrowly lanceolate blades.
▪ Under water as well as on dry land E. tenellus is propagated vegetatively from the root runners.
Wiktionary
dry land

n. land; as opposed to sea.

WordNet
dry land

n. the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" [syn: land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma]

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Dry Land

"Dry Land" is a 1975 song written by Joan Armatrading and Pam Nestor. It was released as an album track on Back to the Night in May 1975 and then as a single (AMS 7205) on 28 November 1975. The song has a simple arrangement, with Armatrading singing solo vocal and accompanying herself on piano with Pete Gage playing a Moog synthesizer.

Usage examples of "dry land".

I'll need the boat because there's a question whether the Channel was dry land at the precise period well be living in.

The single-crested maintained that all would become men and walk the dry land, which they declared to be a condition of bliss.