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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean;
[syn: Laurentian Plateau, Laurentian Highlands, Canadian Shield]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Canadian Shield n 1: a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean [syn: Laurentian Plateau, Laurentian Highlands, Canadian Shield]