heaths

noun

plural of heath
1
as in prairies
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country not much grows on the heath besides heather

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2
as in deserts
land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops drove through a vast, empty heath that seemingly had no end

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Recent Examples of heaths 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, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaths
  1. prairies
  2. deserts
  3. plains
  4. barrens
  5. steppes
  6. grasslands
  7. savannas
Noun
  • Nearly 1,500 butterflies will be released back into prairies in Michigan and Manitoba in July.
    — Ray Campos, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • State biologists also consider prescribed burns, 88,000 of which take place each year, as essential for restoring prairies, forests and marshes with new growth.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Definition of prairies
Noun
  • The move seems especially poised to hit California, the most biodiverse state in the country, where more than 6,700 species are spread across mountains, forests, deserts and oceans.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • During the Roman Civil War, Cato led a Republican army through the deserts of Libya, where his soldiers encountered heat, sand, and the various spawn of Medusa.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of deserts
Noun
  • The daily rotating menu draws from various stops along the route; that night, I was served a zesty octopus, caught in Perth and paired with chimichurri and saltbush, an herb native to arid interior plains like the ones surrounding Kalgoorlie.
    — Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
  • But when fire conditions spike, AI algorithms will automatically recalculate the region’s electricity flow, diverting power away from fragile forest lines and routing it through safer plains or underground urban corridors.
    — Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
Definition of plains
Noun
  • In its place urchin barrens now carpet the seafloor; a spiny, silent landscape stripped of life.
    — Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
  • The forests are marked by sparse conifer stands, woodlands, herbaceous vegetation, and unvegetated barrens that dominate the transition to Arctic tundra.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of barrens
Noun
  • Similar trends have played out in Central Asian steppes and South American plains.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 June 2026
  • Longer-running hiking trips take you everywhere from Western Greenland to the sea cliffs of the Faroe Islands, the steppes of Mongolia, or the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
    — The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of steppes
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
  • The new property is nestled inside a 45,000-acre private conservancy with open savannahs and waterholes nearby.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
  • This includes savannahs and shrublands.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Definition of savannas

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