woodland
/ˈwʊd.lənd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.65 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
name
A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0726).
name
A hamlet in Kirkby Ireleth parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2489).
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "It was a couple of hundred years or so more before I saw a third bullfinch — which didn't surprise me, for bullfinches are very woodland birds, and non-migratory into the bargain — so that they didn’t often get blown seaward over the broad Atlantic."
- "As its name implies, this species Woodlark] is a more woodland bird than the other British Larks, and in many of its ways of life it resembles the Tree Pipit, frequenting the neighborhood of woods and plantations, but always affecting trees."
- "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."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wodeland, wuduland
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwʊd.lənd/
- British English: /ˈwʊd.lənd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Eastern Woodlands
Hope Woodlands
smallflower woodland star
southern woodland violet
woodland bison
woodland blue phlox
woodland caribou
woodland dormouse