woodland

CEFRB1

/ˈwʊd.lənd/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Land covered mainly with trees.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Having the character of a woodland.

Examples

  • On the edge of the forest, the woodland animals played Nickleback loudly to discourage humans.

  • The giraffe herd is still in the woodland.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Land covered with woody vegetation.

  2. A low-density forest.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.

More examples

In context

  • The woodland was parceled into farms.

  • The woodland creatures ran from the fire.

  • The genera Philomela and Curruca, as we previously observed, are very closely allied to each other, both are woodland in their habits, and both possess great melody of song.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).