An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

plural of prairie

Alternative form of Prairies / An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama. / An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.

the Great Plains of North America / the Prairie provinces of Canada / short form of Canadian Prairies (the western grasslands of Canada east of the Rockies and west of the Great Lakes)

Provided with prairie land.

plural of prairie schooner

A horse-drawn wagon used to transport people and goods in the American west of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.

(intransitive, transitive) To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his burrow.

The area of high-tech businesses around Schaumburg, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; or Ames, Iowa.