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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[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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Before European settlement, the landscape around Cloggs Cave included riparian forest and open woodland containing many different plant species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
A police cordon remained in place in the woodland on Sunday, and officers were in the area carrying out inquiries and providing reassurance.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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
They had been following it but had not yet sighted their quarry when suddenly a strange rabbit had burst in upon them as they were nearing the edge of some woodland.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
The Woodland Trust reckons there are only 39,000 of them left, while the Save Our Reds campaign thinks just 15,000 remain, including in conservation areas such as Formby on Merseyside.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
That brings us to our guest, the 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, a fraternal twin of Toyota’s bZ Woodland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
It’s worth noting the Trailseeker’s price point and equipment list represent a $5,000 advantage over the bZ Woodland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“We’ll go to the wall to keep it open space,” Gordon Murley, president of the Woodland Hills Homeowners Organization, said at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Everyone on our team answered B. One person on the Woodland team answered A. Mr. Kingsley smiles and says, “Woodland has three points and Spaulding now has four with all correct responses.”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
The Summerfield Charitable Trust said the money would help groups buy and safeguard local woodlands and wildlife sites when they come up for sale.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
In Georgia, the top U.S. timber-industry state, 88% of woodlands are owned by individuals and businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Looking out their back windows, they can see foxes, deer and possums in neighboring woodlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
I was in the midst of several thousand acres of exquisitely pretty woodlands shared jointly by Worthington State Forest and the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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