parkland

noun

park·​land ˈpärk-ˌland 

: land with clumps of trees and shrubs in cultivated condition used as or suitable for use as a park

Examples of parkland in a Sentence

an area of beautiful parkland

Recent Examples on the Web

Similarly, if a park is closed, don’t enter it (as many have done during shutdowns), advised Gerry James, deputy director of Sierra Club’s Outdoors for All, a program that works to protect parklands and expands access to nature for youth and veterans. —Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 20 Feb. 2025

Muir, the famed naturalist, believes the only way to save America’s parklands is by harnessing the power of the president. —Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2025

The runner-up, with his own plan to develop—sorry, ruin—pristine Florida parkland for pickleball and golf was Ron DeSantis (18.6 percent). —airmail.news, 7 Sep. 2024

Nonprofits like the Friends of the Parks opposed the loss of parkland and had threatened to sue to block developments, but the plan to build the center was approved shortly after a lawsuit was filed. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1727, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for parkland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand