Woodland
['wʊdlənd]
Definition
(n.) Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.
(a.) Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Woods, forest, grove, forest-land, timber-land.
Inputed by Dan
Examples
- Our pastimes to see, Under every green tree, In all the gay woodland, right welcome ye be. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Away in the moonlight lie the woodland fields at rest, and the wide house is as quiet as the narrow one. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This Saturday afternoon, however, his woodland musings disclosed to him a new-found charm in the coming day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- After a while, they came to a thick patch of woodland, through which murmured a clear brook. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They came into this inheritance of a previous civilization with the ideas and traditions of the woodlands still strong in their minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These woodlands are under the charge of the National Forest Service and cared for by about 3,000 men, of whom 250 are professional foresters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Slow and grand the Day withdrew, passing in purple fire, and parting to the farewell of a wild, low chorus from the woodlands. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typed by Cecil