scrubland

noun

scrub·​land ˈskrəb-ˌland How to pronounce scrubland (audio)
: land covered with scrub

Examples of scrubland in a Sentence

a large area of scrubland the scrublands of the American West
Recent Examples on the Web Al-Hol was created decades ago, in a stretch of scrubland about ten miles west of the Iraqi border, as a haven for refugees. Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 Outside Delta, a one-stoplight town in the scrublands of central Utah, a giant battery is taking shape underground. Henry Fountain Nina Riggio, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024 In some New Jersey scrubland, two telegraph poles interrupt a low skyline whose only attraction is a big red Coca-Cola sign in the distance. Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024 The nods to classic Westerns are immediately obvious to those with even a passing acquaintance with the genre: a lone figure framed in a doorway, shot from behind, looking out onto a landscape of flat scrublands; the casual violence meted out to the amoral inhabitants of this stark world. Nick Holdsworth, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024 About 48 percent of the land sited for photovoltaic projects and 43 percent of the land for concentrating solar power (CSP) projects were on shrub or scrublands. IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2015 More than 12,000 people have been evacuated and about 13,400 hectares (33,000 acres) of pine forest and scrubland have burned. Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023 Shock collars can compel grazing cattle to create firebreaks in the scrublands of the American West. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022 On the eve of the launch attempt, cars, campers, RVs and even bicycles and horses jammed the only road leading to the launch pad, where the stainless steel rocket towered above the flat scrubland and prairie. Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scrubland was in 1779

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“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrubland. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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scrubland

noun
scrub·​land ˈskrəb-ˌland How to pronounce scrubland (audio)
: land covered with scrub
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