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woodland

adj · name · noun · 30 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwʊd.lənd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈwɵd.lənd/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈwʉd.lənd/
  • CMU ARPABET: W UH1 D L AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: W UH1 D L AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The woodland creatures ran from the fire.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Having the character of a woodland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0726).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 5

A hamlet in Kirkby Ireleth parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2489).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 6

A hamlet in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7968).

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name

Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

A small town in Randolph County, Alabama.

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name

Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Yolo County, California.

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name

Meaning 9

A number of places in the United States:

A small city in Talbot County, Georgia.

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name

Meaning 10

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Iroquois County, Illinois.

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name

Meaning 11

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in St. Joseph County, Indiana.

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name

Meaning 12

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Aroostook County, Maine.

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name

Meaning 13

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Washington County, Maine.

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name

Meaning 14

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.

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name

Meaning 15

A number of places in the United States:

A village and township in Barry County, Michigan.

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name

Meaning 16

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

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name

Meaning 17

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Wright County, Minnesota.

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name

Meaning 18

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 19

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Marion County, Missouri.

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name

Meaning 20

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.

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name

Meaning 21

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Northampton County, North Carolina.

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name

Meaning 22

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 23

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Summit County, Utah.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 24

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Clark County and Cowlitz County, Washington.

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name

Meaning 25

A number of places in the United States:

Former name of Lacey, Thurston County, Washington.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 26

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 27

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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28

noun

Meaning 28

Land covered with woody vegetation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, broadly, in-plural, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Meronym: woodlot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: forest, holt, timberland, weald, wold, wood, woods

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land, area

29

noun

Meaning 29

Land covered with woody vegetation.

A low-density forest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, broadly, in-plural, uncountable, usually

Qualifier: strictly

Examples

  • Near-synonym: grove

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Synonyms: forest, holt, timberland, weald, wold, wood, woods, grove

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Broader terms: land, area

30

noun

Meaning 30

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: forest, timberland, timber

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biome, land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma

Narrower terms: greenwood, riparian forest, silva, sylva, tree farm, Black Forest, Schwarzwald, Sherwood Forest, Wilderness

History

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”).

From woodland.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: горски (gorski) — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Catalan: forestal — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Finnish: metsän — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Finnish: metsä- — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • French: sylvestre — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Galician: forestal — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • German: Wald- — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Hungarian: erdei — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Hungarian: erdős — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Italian: boschereccio — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Macedonian: шумски (šumski) — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Portuguese: silvestre — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Portuguese: silvícola — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Romanian: păduratic — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Romanian: pădureț — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Romanian: silvatic — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Russian: лесно́й (lesnój) — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Spanish: forestal — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Spanish: del bosque — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Spanish: silvestre — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Unami: tekënei — of or pertaining to a creature or object existing in a woodland
  • Bulgarian: гориста меестност (gorista meestnost) — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Catalan: bosc — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Catalan: arbrat — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 森林 (sēnlín) — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 林地 (líndì) — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Danish: træbevoksning — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Esperanto: arbaro — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Finnish: metsämaa — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Finnish: metsä — land covered with woody vegetation
  • French: bois — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Old French: boschage — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: fraga — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: lubre — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: mouta — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: vedrón — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: vedramio — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: védramo — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: bosco — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: bosque — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: albogo — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: longuialbreda — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Galician: calo — land covered with woody vegetation
  • German: Wald — land covered with woody vegetation
  • German: Forst — land covered with woody vegetation
  • German: Waldung — land covered with woody vegetation
  • German: Waldland — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Greenlandic: orpippalik — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Hungarian: erdőség — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Hungarian: erdős vidék — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Macedonian: ко́рија (kórija) — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Mòcheno: bòlt — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Persian: بیشه زار (bišezâr) — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Plautdietsch: Woolt — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Portuguese: mato — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Portuguese: mata — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Portuguese: bosque — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Romanian: pădure — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Romanian: codru — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Romanian: silvă — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Russian: леси́стая ме́стность (lesístaja méstnostʹ) — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Russian: лес (les) — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Sicilian: voscu — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Spanish: bosque — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Spanish: floresta — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Spanish: foresta — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Spanish: arboledo — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Spanish: boscaje — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Spanish: arbolado — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Tagalog: kakahuyan — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎓𐎗 (yʿr) — land covered with woody vegetation
  • Welsh: coetir — land covered with woody vegetation
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