scrubland

noun

scrub·​land ˈskrəb-ˌland 

: 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

When Richardson opened Elite Sports Performance, there was little like it in the Rio Grande Valley, a string of rapidly growing border cities isolated from the rest of Texas by miles of scrubland. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 20 Aug. 2026

The blaze raged through pine forests and scrubland through the weekend, whipped by gale force winds that often prevented water-dropping planes from operating. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Much of the area burned in Gironde is made up of pine forests and scrubland, which grew uncontrollably this year under successive heat waves. — CBS News, 29 July 2026

In both Spain and France, the exceptional scale of the fires — fueled by heat waves that hit especially hard and early this year, making forests and scrubland tinder-dry — are driving calls for stronger action against climate change. — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scrubland

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

Kids Definition

scrubland

noun

scrub·​land ˈskrəb-ˌland 

: land covered with scrub