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Definition of expanse : 1. That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.
2. To expand.

Synonyms:

compass, uninterrupted space, arena, remoteness, room, orbit, wide extent, scope, distance, sweep oar, country, place, radius, latitude, slam, chimneysweep, expanded surface, continuous area, belt, chimneysweeper, reach, domain, end run, range, surface area, fairness, field, space, region, sweep, stretch, territory, expansion, span, margin, sphere, extension, spread, wilderness, immensity

extent, width, magnitude, height, proportion, capacity, amplitude, largeness, chunkiness, area, length, breadth, corpulence, bigness, portliness, size, volume, bulk, measurement, greatness, dimension

density, caliber, thickness, diameter

Usage examples:

• He took her hand and rested it on the expanse, and, at the touch of the stuff and the throb of the warm flesh beneath it, she shivered a little and would wish to have drawn her hand away. - "The Captives", Hugh Walpole.
• Count Anteoni stretched out his hand to the shining expanse before them. - "The Garden Of Allah", Robert Hichens.
• No wonder Burton felt a marvellous exultation of spirits when he viewed this great expanse of waters. - "The Life of Sir Richard Burton", Thomas Wright.