woodland

Meanings

Adjective

• Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
• Having the character of a woodland.

Noun

• Land covered with woody vegetation.

Related

Similar words

• forest
• holt
• timberland
• weald
• wold
• wood
• woods

Broader meaning words

• land

Origin

• From Middle English wodeland, wodelond, from Old English wuduland, equivalent to . Compare West Frisian wâldlân, Dutch bosland, German Waldland, Icelandic skóglendi.