woodland

Meaning

Adj

1. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
2. (obsolete) Having the character of a woodland.

Noun

Land covered with woody vegetation.

Synonyms

forest

timberland

wood

🪵

timber

woods

grove

savannah

sylvan

weald

wild

wildwood

forest land

wooded country

antler

temperate woodland

antlers

beach

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chaparral

jungle

parkland

silvan

Hyphenated as

wood‧land

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwʊd.lənd/

Etymology

From Middle English wodeland, wodelond, from Old English wuduland (“woodland; forestland; forest”), equivalent to wood + land. Compare West Frisian wâldlân, Dutch bosland, German Waldland, Icelandic skóglendi.
Eclipsed non-native Middle English salt (“woodland”), borrowed from Latin saltus (“woodland, forest”).

Sentences

This reserve includes two ponds , as well as mixed broadleaved woodland .