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1inland
adjective in·land \ˈin-ˌland, -lənd\
: of, relating to, or in the part of a country that is away from the coast or boundaries
Full Definition of INLAND
1
: of or relating to the interior of a country
2
chiefly British : not foreign : domestic
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First Known Use of INLAND
15th century
Rhymes with INLAND
armband, at hand, backhand, backland, badland, bandstand, barehand, benchland, blackland, brass band, broadband, brushland, bushland, cabstand, cloudland, coastland, co-brand, command, cowhand, crash-land, cropland, crown land, dead hand, deckhand, demand, disband, dockhand, dockland, downland, dreamland, dryland, duneland, expand, farmhand, farmland, fenland, field hand, filmland, firebrand, firsthand, flatland, forehand, four-hand, free hand, freehand, gangland, glad-hand, Gotland, grandstand, grassland, handstand, hardstand, hatband, headband, headstand, heartland, heathland, home stand, hour hand, Iceland, in hand, inkstand, iron hand, jack stand, jug band, kickstand, Kokand, Lapland, left-hand, longhand, lymph gland, mainland, marshland, misbrand, newsstand, nightstand, northland, noseband, off-brand, offhand, oil gland, old hand, on hand, outland, outstand, parkland, passband, pineland, playland, proband, Queensland, quicksand, rangeland, remand, repand, Rhineland, ribband, right-hand, rimland, ring stand, roband, salt gland, scabland, screenland, scrubland, seastrand, shorthand, sideband, southland, spaceband, stagehand, steel band, summand, swampland, sweatband, sweat gland, tar sand, Thailand, thirdhand, tideland, trainband, unhand, unmanned, waistband, washstand, watchband, wave band, wetland, whip hand, wildland, withstand, wristband, X band
2inland
noun
Definition of INLAND
: the interior part of a country
First Known Use of INLAND
1573
3inland
adverb
: in, into, or toward the middle of a country : away from the coast
Full Definition of INLAND
: into or toward the interior
See inland defined for English-language learners
First Known Use of INLAND
1600
INLAND Defined for Kids
1inland
adjective in·land \ˈin-ˌland, -lənd\
Definition of INLAND for Kids
: of or relating to the part of a country away from the coast <inland towns>
2inland
noun
Definition of INLAND for Kids
: the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries
3inland
adverb
Definition of INLAND for Kids
: into or toward the area away from a coast <The storm moved inland.>
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