downland.

Open rolling hill country, especially on chalk in southern England.

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Words that belong together

• chalk downland
• open downland
• downland pasture

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The lane climbed into open downland where the fences seemed to end at the sky.

She could see the storm moving across the downland long before it reached the farm.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural downlands for distinct areas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.