имя существительное 1) прерия, степь Синоним(ы): steppe 2) лужайка, полянка Например: We dinnered today out on the prairie near a house. — Мы обедали сегодня на свежем воздухе, на лужайке рядом с домом. 3) [американский вариант английского языка, диалектное] болото
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Old French praierie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin pratum meadow 1. land in or predominantly in grass 2. a tract of grassland: as a. a large area of level or rolling land in the Mississippi River valley that in its natural uncultivated state usually has deep fertile soil, a cover of tall coarse grasses, and few trees b. one of the dry treeless plateaus east of the Rocky Mountains that merge on their east side with the prairies proper and are characterized by shorter grasses and drier less fertile soil