steppe
noun/stɛp/
Frequency rank: #15,349 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a large, flat, treeless grassland found in parts of Europe and Asia.
Example sentence
The nomads traveled across the vast steppe on horseback, searching for fresh grazing land.
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