woodland
noun
land covered with woods or trees.
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woodland
1 American
[wood-land, -luhnd, wood-luhnd]
/ ˈwʊdˌlænd, -lənd, ˈwʊd lənd /
noun
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woodlands
plural
adjective
Woodland
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American
[wood-luhnd]
/ ˈwʊd lənd /
noun
woodland
British
/ ˈwʊdlənd /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of woodland
Explanation
Woodland is a natural habitat with many plants and trees. Therefore, a zebra would not be considered a woodland animal, but a deer would fit the bill. You can use woodland as a noun, or as an adjective to describe things that have something to do with this particular kind of land, like woodland animals or a woodland habitat. Woodlands usually feature trees, grasses, shrubs, and other plants. If you're walking in the woods and the trees almost completely block the sunlight, you're in a forest, not a woodland. The Old English version was wudulond.
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The scene of the tragedy was described as being "hidden away" from the main woodland in the Wyrley and Essington Branch Canal Local Nature Reserve.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
In 1969, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum opened here, a long, low modernist building in a woodland park, housing a stellar collection of antiquities, and Islamic, Asian and European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s a mix of woodland trails and roads following a chain of yellow arrows on stone walls or sidewalks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
A rare species of breeding bat has been found roosting in woodland near a reservoir.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He lay calm, savoring the peace and quiet of the woodland summer evening.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The Westside and western San Fernando Valley were expected to see minor flooding, according to the weather service, including Malibu, Encino, Woodland Hills and Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The golf course was built in the mid-1920s by Woodland Hills developer Victor Giraud, who gave away free club memberships to people buying lots in his housing tract.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Cabinet member for environment, councillor Rhys Baker, said: "This is one of the area's most notable trees and is recorded on the Woodland Trust's Ancient Tree Inventory."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Woodland Trust said native oak trees were known to support up to 2,300 different species, with 326 of these fully dependent on oak for survival.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Woodland elephants are different from their grand cousins who stomp across the grasslands: they’re smaller and more delicate, nuzzling through the leafy soil with rosy-pink tusks.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The disasters, coming at the peak of the summer vacation period when tourists flock to both countries, were fuelled by woodlands parched to tinder by successive heatwaves and lack of rain since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
A species of ant has been reintroduced to an area of Shropshire as part of a restoration project to support the health of woodlands.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
The main suite will be at the back of the house with picture windows looking out onto the woodlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Malcolm Taylor, executive member for highways and transportation at NYC, said: "Our trees and woodlands are some of the county's greatest natural assets."
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
The Fallohides were fairer of skin and also of hair, and they were taller and slimmer than the others; they were lovers of trees and of woodlands.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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