1
: growing, living, or existing in woodland
2
: of, relating to, or being woodland
Examples of woodland in a Sentence
Noun
The swamp was surrounded by dense woodland.
the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland
Recent Examples on the Web
Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
The Swiss have enthusiastically embraced e-bike travel, particularly in the Emmental region, a 266-square-mile patchwork of dairy farms, villages, and woodlands in the shadow of the Alps.
—Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
By the Iron Age, most of the hazelnuts appear to have been gathered in an open area and not a woodland like the ones that existed as the glaciers retreated.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
Thick woodlands around the perimeter add a sense of seclusion and privacy, and, though the property sits atop a towering stone rampart, there’s secured access to the waterfront.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
Boar and deer were hunted in the local woodlands — within a two-mile radius of the homestead, the researchers reckon.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Last week, environmental activists erected tents and built make-shift tree houses in the woodland Tesla plans to cut down in order to expand.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
Today’s top stories Climate and environment Love them or loathe them, pinyon-juniper woodlands are a growing biofuel battleground.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
Situated on 700 acres of thorny grasslands and juniper woodlands, the system provides seamless access to the Wet Beaver and West Clear Creek wilderness areas.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2023
In a new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, researchers have shown how woodland expansion also takes an economic toll.
—WIRED, 23 Nov. 2022
Based on the insects’ habitat and preferred food, and pollen also retrieved from the sample, the site may have been woodland, with large herbivores present — one of the beetle species found fed on their dung.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2019
Colonial Day 2022 featured food provided by the American Legion, a woodland Native people village, a blacksmith shop, a meeting/schoolhouse, basketmaking demos, woodworking demos, a tin smith, a potter, soldier re-enactors, a Colonial home, timber framing demos, farming demos, and more.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2022
Carrier Group LLC wants to build one-family houses on part of an 87-acre property that’s largely woodland and marsh.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2022
Cathy Graham drew upon her love of nature and woodland creatures to create this table setting, which is part of her Woodland Collection with Christopher Spitzmiller.
—Sofia Quintero, ELLE Decor, 18 Jan. 2023
Not only is the growing season there exceedingly short, and therefore unusually profuse — lots of things bloom simultaneously — but about half the property is woodland, bordering a 6,000-acre nature preserve.
—Nancy Hass Ngoc Minh Ngo, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
The federal government has essentially ordered a woodland haircut, removing roughly 90 percent of the trees in target locations.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
Noun
Tropical forest loss declined last year, but other indicators show that the world's woodlands remain under tremendous pressure, according to an analysis released on Thursday by the Global Forest Watch monitoring project.
—Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
The Swiss have enthusiastically embraced e-bike travel, particularly in the Emmental region, a 266-square-mile patchwork of dairy farms, villages, and woodlands in the shadow of the Alps.
—Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
By the Iron Age, most of the hazelnuts appear to have been gathered in an open area and not a woodland like the ones that existed as the glaciers retreated.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
Thick woodlands around the perimeter add a sense of seclusion and privacy, and, though the property sits atop a towering stone rampart, there’s secured access to the waterfront.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
Boar and deer were hunted in the local woodlands — within a two-mile radius of the homestead, the researchers reckon.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Last week, environmental activists erected tents and built make-shift tree houses in the woodland Tesla plans to cut down in order to expand.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
Today’s top stories Climate and environment Love them or loathe them, pinyon-juniper woodlands are a growing biofuel battleground.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
Situated on 700 acres of thorny grasslands and juniper woodlands, the system provides seamless access to the Wet Beaver and West Clear Creek wilderness areas.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
Adjective
Flock your tree for an extra-snowy look, and consider adding woodland creature ornaments to create your very own winter wonderland right at home.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2023
In a new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, researchers have shown how woodland expansion also takes an economic toll.
—WIRED, 23 Nov. 2022
Based on the insects’ habitat and preferred food, and pollen also retrieved from the sample, the site may have been woodland, with large herbivores present — one of the beetle species found fed on their dung.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2019
Colonial Day 2022 featured food provided by the American Legion, a woodland Native people village, a blacksmith shop, a meeting/schoolhouse, basketmaking demos, woodworking demos, a tin smith, a potter, soldier re-enactors, a Colonial home, timber framing demos, farming demos, and more.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2022
Carrier Group LLC wants to build one-family houses on part of an 87-acre property that’s largely woodland and marsh.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2022
Cathy Graham drew upon her love of nature and woodland creatures to create this table setting, which is part of her Woodland Collection with Christopher Spitzmiller.
—Sofia Quintero, ELLE Decor, 18 Jan. 2023
Not only is the growing season there exceedingly short, and therefore unusually profuse — lots of things bloom simultaneously — but about half the property is woodland, bordering a 6,000-acre nature preserve.
—Nancy Hass Ngoc Minh Ngo, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
The federal government has essentially ordered a woodland haircut, removing roughly 90 percent of the trees in target locations.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
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woodland
1 of 2 noun
wood·land
ˈwu̇d-lənd 
-ˌland
: land covered with trees and shrubs : forest
woodland
2 of 2 adjective1
: growing, living, or occurring in woodland
a woodland bird
2
: of, relating to, or made up of woodland
woodland areas
Geographical Definition
Woodland
geographical name
Wood·land
ˈwu̇d-lənd
city in western California northwest of Sacramento population 55,468
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