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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What are wide-rolling lawns?

To tour wide-rolling lawns of Long Island?

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I've never seen the hyphenated adjective. "Wide-ranging, wide-spread," yes. I'd say it means the lawns are expansive, and not flat.

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I've never seen the hyphenated adjective. "Wide-ranging, wide-spread," yes.

I'd say it means the lawns are expansive, and not flat. The curves or waves are gentle -- not steep or sharp.

There are about 4000 Google hits for the un-hypnenated collocation.

"Rolling hills" is a very common expression describing a cluster of hills which are not steep, and rather smooth in t