heathlands

Definition of heathlandsnext
plural of heathland

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for heathlands
Noun
  • In the Caribbean, seagrass meadows give small corals a safe and food-rich home.
    David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Dogs run freely in the green meadows and forests, where the smell of cooking fires lingers in the air and cottonwood seeds blanket dirt roads crisscrossing the site.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Manchester State Park features a beach, sand dunes and flat grasslands, with nearly 18,000 feet of ocean frontage, according to the park’s website.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The lack of rain is causing native grasslands to be replaced by desert shrubs, shrinking the available grazing habitat for cattle.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Cavaliere is patient, though, and determined to repopulate his pastures when the grass is ready again.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • In San Martin that day, a helicopter landed, unloading between 20 and 30 soldiers who entered a property and detained five people who had been sowing grass and tending to pastures, the complaint said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Burnett described a world that felt ancient and almost fabled—wide, grey Yorkshire moors that stretched endlessly under heavy skies, so different from my own mountains and yet somehow carrying the same wildness.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Chaney’s is the only other singing voice to appear in the film, performing the soul-stirring melody as Cathy (Margot Robbie) crosses the moors to wed her future husband, Edgar (Shazad Latif), all while pining for her best friend and true love, Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi).
    Arushi Jacob, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
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“Heathlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heathlands. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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