adj · name · noun · 30 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, broadly, in-plural, uncountable, usually
Qualifier: strictly
Examples
Near-synonym: grove
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forest, holt, timberland, weald, wold, wood, woods, grove
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: land, area
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noun
Meaning 30
land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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