bland : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bland	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bland adj lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" Synonym(s): bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" Synonym(s): bland, flat smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" Synonym(s): politic, smooth, suave, bland
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bland \Bland\, a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.] 1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant. [bd]Exhilarating vapor bland.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bland, MO (city, FIPS 6256) Location: 38.30058 N, 91.63255 W Population (1990): 651 (277 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65014 Bland, VA Zip code(s): 24315