as in forest
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland
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Recent Examples of woodland
Silver Sands State Park, Connecticut Just 15 miles from New Haven, Silver Sands State Park comprises nearly 300 acres of dunes, shorelines, and woodlands.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Specifically, as the environment became drier and cooler, forests and woodlands began giving way to more open grasslands in many regions.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Robbers Cave State Park, Wilburton Located five miles north of Wilburton, the Robbers Cave State Park is surrounded by the hilly woodlands of the Sans Bois Mountains of southeast Oklahoma.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 15 Jan. 2026
Typically, they can be found in diverse environments like arid plains, woodlands, grasslands and rainforests.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Specifically, as the environment became drier and cooler, forests and woodlands began giving way to more open grasslands in many regions.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Robbers Cave State Park, Wilburton Located five miles north of Wilburton, the Robbers Cave State Park is surrounded by the hilly woodlands of the Sans Bois Mountains of southeast Oklahoma.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 15 Jan. 2026
Typically, they can be found in diverse environments like arid plains, woodlands, grasslands and rainforests.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woodland
forest
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By the third lesson we were deemed capable of navigating the Proclou, a magical 3km blue run with wide sweeping slopes through the forest.—
Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
23 Jan. 2026
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In exchange, the people agreed to conserve 5,000 hectares of forest.—
Brianna Randall,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Woodland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodland. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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