1
: growing, living, or existing in woodland
2
: of, relating to, or being woodland
Examples of woodland in a Sentence
Noun
The swamp was surrounded by dense woodland.
the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland
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Stephen Smith, CBS News, 21 May 2024
Springs and woodlands that are now under threat from Hudbay’s copper mining claims were once a retreat for warriors after conflicts with Apaches, said Austin Nunez, chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s San Xavier District.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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Noun
While most of those missing troops were identified primarily using DNA and dental records, the U.S. government is turning to British archaeologists to help find a World War II pilot whose plane crashed in a dense English woodland in 1944.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 21 May 2024
Springs and woodlands that are now under threat from Hudbay’s copper mining claims were once a retreat for warriors after conflicts with Apaches, said Austin Nunez, chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s San Xavier District.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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“Woodland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodland. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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woodland
1 of 2 noun
wood·land
ˈwu̇d-lənd 
-ˌland
: land covered with trees and shrubs : forest
woodland
2 of 2 adjective1
: growing, living, or occurring in woodland
a woodland bird
2
: of, relating to, or made up of woodland
woodland areas
Geographical Definition
Woodland
geographical name
Wood·land
ˈwu̇d-lənd
city in western California northwest of Sacramento population 55,468
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