woodlot

noun

wood·​lot ˈwu̇d-ˌlät How to pronounce woodlot (audio)
: a restricted area of woodland usually privately maintained as a source of fuel, posts, and lumber

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Human activity has shaped the animals’ natural habitat, which covers a wide geographic range and many ecosystems, from low elevation forests to small woodlots, fields and pastures. USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024 That success has come despite fears among some in the settlement that the authorities, wanting to protect mature woodlots, one day might force the refugees to go back home. Rodney Muhumuza, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2024 Though smaller than most at 30 acres, Frost’s farm was typical of New England at the time, having a clapboard house, shed, barn and garden near the road, and fields, pastures, an orchard and a woodlot, all graced by low stone walls. Robert Thorson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023 These walls are the binding threads of a nearly unbroken patchwork quilt of what had once been fields, pastures, woodlots and meadows. Robert Thorson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for woodlot 

Word History

First Known Use

1643, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of woodlot was in 1643

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“Woodlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodlot. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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woodlot

noun
wood·​lot ˈwu̇d-ˌlät How to pronounce woodlot (audio)
: an area of trees kept usually to meet fuel and lumber needs

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