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bareland

bareland noun: uncultivated land without trees.

Noun

bareland (countable and uncountable, plural barelands)

  1. (uncommon outside the sciences, also found capitalized as the name of various specific places) Uncultivated land without trees.
    • […] open woodlands and barelands.2005, Herman H. Shugart, Rik Leemans, Gordon B. Bonan, A Systems Analysis of the Global Boreal Forest, page 215
    • The 'barelands' as the name suggests, was uninhabited, no cultivation, no trees, and consequently nobody […]2006, John Francis Kinsella, Borneo Pulp, page 279

Adjective

bareland (not comparable)

  1. Of a croft: not including a house.
    • In some crofting areas it is practice to pay a considerable sum for the assignation of a bareland croft, or a croft with an unfit house, in order to qualify for grant.1969, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, volume 14, page 91

Forms of bareland

pluralbarelands

Origin of bareland

From bare + land.

Questions about bareland

What does bareland mean?
Bareland means uncultivated land without trees.
What part of speech is bareland?
Bareland can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of bareland?
The plural of bareland is barelands.

Words near bareland in the dictionary

  1. bareish
  2. bareknuckle
  3. bareknuckled
  4. bareknuckling
  5. Barela
  6. bareland
  7. barelands
  8. Barelas
  9. barelegged
  10. bareleggedness
  11. Barellan

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