Dictionary

hunting ground en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. An area used for hunting.
2. (figuratively) A place in which individuals are able to obtain the items or information they seek.
   • Yes, it was my hunting ground, and it was solid happy. Course, my home wasn't exactly in Harlem […] 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 209:
3. (figuratively) Synonym of stamping ground (“a place habitually frequented”).
   • In January 1901 he fought Jerry Driscoll back on his old hunting ground of Gateshead in the North East. 2023, Jeff Jones, Stars and Scars: The Story of Jewish Boxing in London:

Forms

Deriveds

happy hunting ground

Relateds

fishing ground

Synonyms

stamping ground

Translations (29)

da jagtmark (area for hunting) · es caladero (place to find what one is looking for) · fa بشگرد (area for hunting) · eo ĉasejo (area for hunting) · mk ло́виште (area for hunting) · es cazadero (area for hunting) · fr terrain de chasse (area for hunting) · de Jagdrevier (area for hunting) · de Jagdbezirk (area for hunting) · es coto de caza (area for hunting) · fi metsästysmaa (place to find what one is looking for) · cmn 圍場 /围场 (area for hunting) · de Jagdgebiet (area for hunting) · is veiðilendur (area for hunting) · nl jachtgebied (area for hunting) · pl łowisko (place to find what one is looking for) · it terreno di caccia (area for hunting) · de Jagdgrund (place to find what one is looking for) · pl łowisko (area for hunting) · cs loviště (area for hunting) · sv jaktmark (area for hunting) · ru охо́тничье уго́дье (area for hunting) · fi metsästysalue (area for hunting) · sv jaktmark (place to find what one is looking for) · fi metsästysmaa (area for hunting) · hu vadászmező (area for hunting) · nl jachtveld (area for hunting) · da jagtområde (area for hunting) · de Jagdgrund (area for hunting)