wildwoods

noun

plural of wildwood
as in greenwoods

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  1. groves
  2. thickets
  3. copses
  4. stands
  5. brakes
  6. woods
Noun
  • Then, just nine months later, came the collision Wednesday morning that turned a sleepy stretch of rail lined by olive groves near the village of Urda into a scene of carnage.
    — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The collision Wednesday morning that turned a sleepy stretch of rail lined by olive groves into a scene of carnage came just four weeks before the country votes in a national election.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of groves
Noun
  • The original computers were essentially thickets of light bulbs.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Finally the buck turned, bounded up on top of the bank, still in thickets where no arrow could get through, and started to walk around my tree.
    — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of thickets
Noun
  • The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Definition of copses
Noun
  • The Sea Ranch Lodge is just a small part of the much larger 7,000-acre Sea Ranch community, which has grown to encompass 2,224 homes clustered around a series of sunny meadows surrounded by stands of wind-breaking cypress.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The sports company will pay for new premium and club-level areas, redesigned social spaces, concession stands, office improvements, landscaping and hardscaping and a 4,400-person indoor performance venue next to the stadium.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of stands
Noun
  • During takeoff, all four tires exploded, and the brakes failed after pieces of the tires damaged the hydraulic system.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Cadillac has also had plenty of reliability problems this year, usually with its front brakes overheating.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of brakes
Noun
  • The dog was sitting on the far side, at the edge of the woods, looking at him reproachfully.
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Focusing instead on waterholes or funnels in the woods that might lead to food.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of woods
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