expanse
noun
- large open area
- degree of largeness - area
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspæns/ / /ɛkˈspæns/ / [ɪkˈspɛəns]
noun
Etymology: From Latin expansum, from expandō.
- 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.