veld.

Open, mainly grassy country in southern Africa.

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Words that belong together

• open veld
• grassy veld

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A line of antelope moved across the veld as the light faded.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.