parkland

noun

park·​land ˈpärk-ˌland 

: land with clumps of trees and shrubs in cultivated condition used as or suitable for use as a park

Examples of parkland in a Sentence

an area of beautiful parkland

Recent Examples on the Web

The Bronx has the most green space in the city, with nearly one-quarter of its total area covered in parkland. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Once fully transformed over the next 20 to 30 years, the area will include 67 acres of recreation, 49 acres of tent and RV camping, 23 acres of parkland and 262 acres of habitat — including 140 new acres of marsh. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Before the devastating flooding of 1938, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce commissioned two major landscape architecture firms in 1927 to develop a report analyzing how the region could develop more parkland in an already park-poor city. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

With 14 rooms, three suites and a villa, La Chapelle Saint Martin, is set in 40 acres of parkland near Limoges. — James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1727, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for parkland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand