Meaning of WOODLAND
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'wûdlund, [n]'wûd`land, 'wûdlund
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| | Definition: | | [n] land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
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| | Synonyms: | | forest, timber, timberland |
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| | See Also: | | biome, Black Forest, dry land, earth, greenwood, ground, jungle, land, rain forest, riparian forest, Schwarzwald, Sherwood Forest, silva, solid ground, sylva, terra firma, tree farm, tropical rain forest | |
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\Wood"land\, n.
Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees
are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.
Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here
earth and water seem to strive again. --Pope.
Woodlands and cultivated fields are harmoniously
blended. --Bancroft.
\Wood"land\, a.
Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest;
sylvan.
She had a rustic, woodland air. --Wordsworth.
Like summer breeze by woodland stream. --Keble.
{Woodland caribou}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Caribou}.
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