heath

heath

noun

Definition of HEATH

1

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country <not much grows on the heath besides heather>

Synonyms campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath, lea (or ley), llano, moor, pampa, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt)

Related Words field, meadow; floodplain; bottom, bottomland, flat, lowland; plateau, table, tableland, upland

2

land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops <drove through a vast, empty heath that seemingly had no end>

Synonyms barren, desert, desolation, heath, no-man's-land, waste

Related Words badland; brush, bush; dust bowl; open, open air, outdoors, out-of-doors; nature, wild, wilderness