scabland

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/ˈskæblænd/

noun

High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.

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Meanings

nounscabland (plural scablands)

plural scablands

  1. USgeographyHigh, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.

    he was determined at least never to have to go back, never to end up again down some gopher-ridden trail through the scabland, howling at the unexplained and unresponsive moon.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 780

Origin

From scab + land.

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scabland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scabland

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“scabland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scabland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scabland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scabland.

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