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glade

American  
[gleyd] / gleɪd /

noun

  1. an open space in a forest.


glade British  
/ ɡleɪd /

noun

  1. an open place in a forest; clearing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of glade

1520–30; akin to glad 1, in obsolete sense “bright”

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Now that she’s an animal, she struggles to learn why the others have departed the glade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Once a thick forest with rolls stacked five high to the ceiling, it is now a small glade as stock runs low.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024

The sylvan glade romanticism of “Emeralds,” the electric energy of “Rubies,” the glittering imperial court of “Diamonds.”

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2023

There is no longer any trace of the camp and a modest stone memorial was erected in a little glade at the farm for those who died.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2022

He pointed high above us, where flames and smoke were being drawn through a hole in the glade ceiling.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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