ground level
noun
plural ground levels
1
a
: the level of the ground taken as a reference point
From ground level, the arrayed fields of feed corn and soybeans look … like sprint tracks or Olympic pools, replete with the angles and alleys of serious tennis.—
David Foster Wallace
David Foster WallaceThese survey flights were conducted at 300 feet above ground level. During the return flight to Schefferville, the aircraft descended and flew over terrain at an altitude varying between 100 and 40 feet above ground level.—Targeted New Service
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b
: the story (see story entry 3 sense 1a) of a building with its floor aligned to ground level : ground floor sense 1
It was a two-story house with white siding on the ground level …—Neil Sheehan
Neil Sheehan2
: the state of a physical system (as of an atomic nucleus or an atom) having the least energy of all the possible states : ground state
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Trim the lower branches of your hydrangea to allow air to circulate at ground level.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2025
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Virginia
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An air quality alert had also been issued for the District of Columbia due to ground level ozone.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Meeting her audience at a remedial ground level in the lyrics while waxing ecstatically in interviews about the ambitions of Pink Floyd rock operas, Panos Cosmatos films, and Beyoncé documentaries relays a humming dissonance.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 June 2025
In autumn, some valleys in Austria are covered in fog due to the cold air remaining at ground level and the sun insufficiently intense to burn it off.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2025
These included: Montana Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania Maryland
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
A Flourish map
An air quality alert had also been issued for the District of Columbia due to ground level ozone.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Meeting her audience at a remedial ground level in the lyrics while waxing ecstatically in interviews about the ambitions of Pink Floyd rock operas, Panos Cosmatos films, and Beyoncé documentaries relays a humming dissonance.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 June 2025
In autumn, some valleys in Austria are covered in fog due to the cold air remaining at ground level and the sun insufficiently intense to burn it off.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for ground level
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“Ground level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20level. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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