wood lot

or woodlot


noun
  1. a tract, especially on a farm, set aside for trees.

Origin of wood lot

1
An Americanism dating back to 1635–45

Words Nearby wood lot

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How to use wood lot in a sentence

  • It's just as warm and nice as can be out-of-doors, real springy, and I know the way to the wood lot.

  • Perhaps there is still a tradition in the wood-lot of the havoc I wrought in my youth with just such tender saplings as these.

  • Always delighting in a new sport, she had built the iceboat herself—spars from a wood lot, the sail from an old tent.

    Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. Wirt
  • At odd times the settlers had gone over to the wood-lot and had laid out their plans for the future home on that claim.

    The Boy Settlers | Noah Brooks
  • Renti was expected to fetch and carry and make himself useful in all the different kinds of work, in the barn, wood lot, or house.

British Dictionary definitions for woodlot

woodlot

/ (ˈwʊdˌlɒt) /


noun
  1. an area restricted to the growing of trees: Also called (esp Canadian): bush lot

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