tundra

A large, flat area in the far north where cold weather prevents trees from growing.

• No trees grew on the tundra.
• Reindeer crossed the frozen tundra.
• Small plants cover parts of the tundra in summer.

Common phrases: arctic tundra, frozen tundra, across the tundra

A long, seemingly empty stretch of time or something else.

• A tundra of silence separated them.
• He wandered through a tundra of lonely years.
• The afternoon became a tundra of waiting.

How to use it: tundra of something (She faced a tundra of empty days.)

Similar words: expanse, stretch

Common phrases: tundra of time, tundra of silence