/ step; NAmE / noun
[ C , usually pl. , U ] a large area of land with grass but few trees, especially in SE Europe and Siberia :
the vast Russian steppes
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: from Russian stepˈ .
/ step; NAmE / noun
[ C , usually pl. , U ] a large area of land with grass but few trees, especially in SE Europe and Siberia :
the vast Russian steppes
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: from Russian stepˈ .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005