expanse means A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 71 out of 100.
Why this word is great
EXPANSE — [Noun] A wide, uninterrupted stretch or area, as of land, sea, or sky. From Latin expansum, neuter past participle of expandō ('to spread out, extend'), from ex- ('out') + pandō ('to spread'). Unlike 'area,' which suggests a measured and bounded surface, or 'extent,' which often denotes an abstract range, 'expanse' evokes a concrete, visible, and seemingly boundless physical presence. It is the sun-bleached floor of a desert where the horizon shimmers, the unyielding indigo of the deep ocean seen from a lonely rail, the fathomless bowl of a prairie night pierced only by cold stars—a sublime stage upon which the human heart calibrates its own smallness, finding in that vast indifference both terror and an aching, curious freedom.
noun
- A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.“That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens.”
- An amount of spread or stretch.