"hunting ground" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hunting grounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hunting ground (plural hunting grounds)
  1. An area used for hunting. Derived forms: happy hunting ground Related terms: fishing ground Translations (area for hunting): 圍場 (Chinese Mandarin), 围场 (wéichǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), loviště [neuter] (Czech), jagtmark [common-gender] (Danish), jagtområde [neuter] (Danish), jachtgebied [neuter] (Dutch), jachtveld [neuter] (Dutch), ĉasejo (Esperanto), metsästysmaa (Finnish), metsästysalue (Finnish), terrain de chasse [masculine] (French), vadászmező (Hungarian), terreno di caccia [masculine] (Italian), ло́виште (lóvište) [neuter] (Macedonian), łowisko [neuter] (Polish), охо́тничье уго́дье (oxótničʹje ugódʹje) [neuter] (Russian), coto de caza [masculine] (Spanish), jaktmark [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hunting_ground-en-noun-U~0VkcGk Disambiguation of 'area for hunting': 83 8 9
  2. (figurative) A place where people can find what they are looking for. Tags: figuratively Translations (place to find what one is looking for): metsästysmaa (Finnish), łowisko [neuter] (Polish), caladero [masculine] (Spanish), jaktmark [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hunting_ground-en-noun-ExsM2C-K Disambiguation of 'place to find what one is looking for': 6 69 26
  3. (figurative) Synonym of stamping ground (“a place habitually frequented”) Tags: figuratively Synonyms: stamping ground [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hunting_ground-en-noun-TpM1IrLx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 27 59

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "area for hunting",
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