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forestland

American  
[fawr-ist-land, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪstˌlænd, ˈfɒr- /

noun

  1. land containing or covered with forests.


Etymology

Origin of forestland

First recorded in 1640–50; forest + land

Example Sentences

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Forest Service to open up roughly 112.5 million acres of national forestland to logging.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Forest Service to open up some 112.5 million acres of national forestland to logging.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

J.N.U., which was founded in 1967 and is spread over hundreds of acres of secluded forestland in southwestern New Delhi, has more than 7,000 students and about 600 professors and instructors.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

No one was injured and no homes burned in the latest fire, which scorched mountain ridges on Oahu, but the flames wiped out irreplaceable native forestland that’s home to nearly two dozen fragile species.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023

So it was entirely possible that somewhere, hidden in one of Ludus’s large, unexplored patches of forestland, there was a small stone-covered hill that resembled a human skull.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline