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terra firma
[ fur-muh ]
noun
- firm or solid earth; dry land (as opposed to water or air).
terra firma
/ ˈfɜːmə /
noun
- the solid earth; firm ground
terra firma
- Dry land, as opposed to the sea: “After our stormy voyage across the Atlantic Ocean , we were relieved to set foot on terra firma.” From Latin , meaning “firm (or solid) ground.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of terra firma1
Word History and Origins
Origin of terra firma1
Example Sentences
Less than two years after buying EMI, Hands' investors forced him to resign as CEO of Terra Firma over anger at their losses.
A fidelity to the spontaneous moment is no longer the terra firma on which the photographic image is grounded.
It is only a lower stratum, but still it is a part of terra firma, and on no account is it to be ignored.
Had he fallen from a house-top, he would have reached terra firma on his feet.
A few palm-trees rising from the mangroves indicated a spot where we might find a little terra firma.
And now at last we can step again from the treacherous quicksand of reminiscences on the terra firma of documents.
I did ask him, but he said he wasn't tired of terra firma yet.
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