woodland

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: wood=land

CIDE DICTIONARY

woodland, n. 

 Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are allowed to grow, either for fuel or timber.  [1913 Webster]
"Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain,
Here earth and water seem to strive again."  [1913 Webster]
"Woodlands and cultivated fields are harmoniously blended."  [1913 Webster]

woodland, a. 

 Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.  [1913 Webster]
"She had a rustic, woodland air."  [1913 Webster]
"Like summer breeze by woodland stream."  [1913 Webster]

Woodland caribou. (Zoöl.) See under Caribou.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

woodland, n. wooded country, woods (often attrib.: woodland scenery).

Derivative

woodlander n.

THESAURUS

woodland

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