expanse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expanse	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for expanse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expanse n a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" [syn: sweep, expanse] the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" Synonym(s): area, expanse, surface area a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expanse \Expanse"\, n. [From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere. See {Expand}.] That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. [bd]The green expanse.[b8] --Savage. Lights . . . high in the expanse* of heaven. --Milton. The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expanse \Ex*panse"\, v. t. To expand. [Obs.] That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. --Sir. T. Browne.