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woodland

Syllables: wood·landUK/ˈwʊd.lənd/

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British/ˈwɵd.lənd/

woodland adjective: of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.

Adjective

woodland (comparative more woodland, superlative most woodland)

  1. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
    • The woodland creatures ran from the fire.
    • This species [[[w:Red-bellied Woodpecker|Red-bellied Woodpecker]]] is a very little larger than the red-headed one; and it is more woodland in its manners; seldom appearing in orchards or near houses, but keeping to the tall trees in the close forests.1837, “Picus”, in Charles Frederick Partington (editor), The British Cyclopædia of Natural History, Volume 3, W. S. Orr & Co., page 446
  2. (obsolete) Having the character of a woodland.
    • It is a very woodland country, with plenty of grass, but it is too large for four days a-week, and the sport is generally rather indifferent.1827, "Amateur", “Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, and Bedfordshire Hunting”, in Sporting Magazine, page 64
    • […] understanding that their next fixture was in a very woodland country, and at a distance, I deferred this pleasure to another opportunity.1835, Nimrod's Hunting Tours, page 109

Noun

woodland (usually uncountable, plural woodlands)

  1. (also, broadly, in plural, usually) Land covered with woody vegetation.
    • Meronym: woodlot
    • Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, / Here earth and water ſeem to ſtrive again ; / Not Chaos-like together cruſh’d and bruis’d, / But, as the world, harmoniouſly confus’d : / Where order in variety we ſee, / And where, tho’ all things differ, all agree.1704, Alexander Pope, “Windsor-Forest”, in The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., volume I, London: C. Barthurst et al., published 1788, page 39
    1. (also, broadly, in plural, usually, strictly) A low-density forest.
      • Near-synonym: grove

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Woodland

Woodland (plural Woodlands)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Woodland

Woodland

  1. A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0726).
  2. A hamlet in Kirkby Ireleth parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2489).
  3. A hamlet in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7968).
  4. A small town in Randolph County, Alabama.
  5. A city, the county seat of Yolo County, California.
    • In Yolo County, safe and sane fireworks are allowed in West Sacramento, Woodland, and Winters but are strictly prohibited in unincorporated areas.2026 June 28, Jeremiah Martinez, “Northern California communities that allow, prohibit use of fireworks”, in KCRA
    • A family-owned pharmacy in Woodland was vandalized earlier Sunday morning in a potential hate crime.2026 August 16, Kayla Moeller, “Woodland family-owned pharmacy vandalized in potential hate crime”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2026
  6. A small city in Talbot County, Georgia.
  7. A village in Iroquois County, Illinois.
  8. An unincorporated community in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
  9. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  10. A census-designated place in Washington County, Maine, across the river from Canada.
  11. A census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.
  12. A village and township in Barry County, Michigan.
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  1. A minor city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
  2. A township in Wright County, Minnesota.
  3. A village in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
  4. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Missouri.
  5. A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
  6. A town in Northampton County, North Carolina.
  7. An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
  8. A census-designated place in Summit County, Utah.
  9. A city in Clark County and Cowlitz County, Washington.
  10. Former name of Lacey, Thurston County, Washington.
  11. A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
  12. An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Wisconsin.

woodland meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Assamese

woodland in Tamil

கானகம், மரங்கள் நிறைந்த தோட்டம், முல்லை நிலம்

woodland in Urdu

جنگلی علاقہ

woodland in Malayalam

മരത്തോപ്പ്, വളർത്തുകാട്, വനപ്രദേശം

woodland in Assamese

woodland, forest
বন bon
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woodland in Tagalog
kakahuyan
woodland in Persian
بیشه زار bišezâr

Examples of woodland in a sentence

  • The genera Philomela and Curruca, as we previously observed, are very closely allied to each other, both are woodland in their habits, and both possess great melody of song.1839, Sir William Jardine, Bart., The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Part II: Incessories, part of The...
  • Shortly after leaving Swindon the main line enters Wiltshire, and runs through an extremely woodland district to Chippenham[…]1871, George Gill, Fourth Reader, page 135:
  • Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further.1958 July, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 453:
  • This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:

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Synonyms of woodland

All synonyms of woodland

Forms of woodland

Adjective
comparativemore woodland
superlativemost woodland
Noun
pluralwoodlands
Proper noun
pluralWoodlands

Plural of woodland: woodlands

Origin of woodland

From Middle English wodeland, wodelond, from Old English wuduland (“woodland; forestland; forest”), equivalent to wood + land. Compare West Frisian wâldlân, Dutch bosland, German Waldland, Icelandic skóglendi. Eclipsed non-native Middle English salt (“woodland”), borrowed from Latin saltus (“woodland, forest”).

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Phrases with woodland

Questions about woodland

What does woodland mean?
Woodland means of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
What is woodland in Tamil?
Woodland in Tamil is கானகம், மரங்கள் நிறைந்த தோட்டம், முல்லை நிலம். See Woodland meaning in Tamil.
How do you use woodland in a sentence?
The genera Philomela and Curruca, as we previously observed, are very closely allied to each other, both are woodland in their habits, and both possess great melody of song.
What part of speech is woodland?
Woodland can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce woodland?
Woodland is pronounced /ˈwʊd.lənd/ (UK).

Words near woodland in the dictionary

  1. woodkerns
  2. Woodkirk
  3. woodknacker
  4. woodknackers
  5. Woodlake
  6. woodland
  7. woodland blue phlox
  8. woodland blue phloxes
  9. Woodland Hills
  10. Woodland Park
  11. woodland star

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Adapted from Wiktionary: woodland (page history and authors); Woodland (page history and authors); woodland (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); woodland (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); woodland (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বন (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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