glades

noun

plural of glade
as in meadows
a grassy open space in a forest

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Recent Examples of glades The terrain favors glades and varied pitches, and the compact base keeps logistics simple. — Caroline Tell, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026 On the one hand, winter brings fresh powder, steep descents, and the chance to traverse beautiful glades. — Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Jan. 2026 The mountain doesn’t let any of that powder go to waste, keeping a lax in-bounds policy that allows skiers of any and all levels to find their perfect glades. — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026 Today, Vail is one of the country’s largest ski areas, with more than 5,300 acres and dozens of lifts that spread snow-chasers across front-side cruisers and glades, and to the kind of back-bowl skiing that people plan whole trips around. — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2025 Visitors can ski on open runs, glades, cliffs and chutes, with the longest runs and most vertical drop in the Midwest, a good challenge for experienced skiers. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025 The terrain offers a little of everything—long groomers, steep, off-piste glades, and even 20km of Nordic skiing if that’s more your speed. — Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 17 Nov. 2025 The Deep Temerity area, serviced by a dedicated chairlift, holds a network of vertigo-inducing steeps, glades, and narrow chutes. — Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025 Pygmy rattlesnakes are found near water and sometimes in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades, according to the TWRA. — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glades
  1. meadows
  2. pastures
  3. grasslands
  4. moors
  5. clearings
Noun
  • Its 65 freestanding cabins and cottages are tucked among wildflower meadows, woodlands and a working farm, where mornings begin on hiking trails, in the gardens or with a cup of coffee overlooking the landscape.
    — Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Horseback riding in the gentle meadows and stunning mountains is the main event here, but there is plenty to do beyond that— hiking, river tubing, board games, herding cattle, hayrides, the list goes on.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
Definition of meadows
Noun
  • At the farms, the ranches, the pastures, Cal seldom got out of the truck.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • Explore New England forests filled with sugar maple and hemlock, old carriage roads, and Green Mountain pastures in this National Historical Park.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
Definition of pastures
Noun
  • Also known as Bombus auricomus, the black-and-gold bumblebee is native to North America and builds below ground nests in the grasslands of Illinois.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • An unusually dry and hot winter has created dangerously flammable conditions in forests and grasslands across the West.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of grasslands
Noun
  • Everything about this verdant, bucolic space is antithetical to the fog, fire, and wide-open, sprawling moors that have so far dominated the movie.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • As do the moors that stretch behind the parsonage.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
Definition of moors
Noun
  • But lurking in the grasslands and forest clearings of at least two southeastern counties is a scaly intruder that state wildlife officials say poses a serious threat to native animals and crops alike.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • This process occurs multiple times daily, but it is believed that during one of the clearings, a chlorine air bubble was released, which is atypical, waterpark staff told the fire department.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Definition of clearings

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