as in forests
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland
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Recent Examples of woodlands
While mammoths were adapted to cold, open tundras and the grasslands of Europe, North America and Asia during the Ice Age, mastodons were found in woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
It is inspired by native fungi foraged from the ancient woodlands in the British Cotswolds and captures the fresh feeling one gets when walking in the woods in autumn.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
This blight changed the makeup of woodlands — and holiday habits — forever.
—Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
The gardens, which include 20,000 beautiful blooms spread across 118 acres of pine forests and woodlands, are meticulously cared for by the American Rose Society, which also happens to be headquartered on the property.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
The trails lead through woodlands and fields and over streams, ponds and marshes that are home to numerous and diverse plant and animal species.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Your brain loves spending a minimum of two hours a week in parks, woodlands or beaches.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The Forest Service says the connection people foster with their woodlands along the way is all by design.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
These woodlands were planned and planted this way over a century ago, made to resemble the Catskills or the Adirondack Mountains.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 30 Nov. 2024
Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
It is inspired by native fungi foraged from the ancient woodlands in the British Cotswolds and captures the fresh feeling one gets when walking in the woods in autumn.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
This blight changed the makeup of woodlands — and holiday habits — forever.
—Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
The gardens, which include 20,000 beautiful blooms spread across 118 acres of pine forests and woodlands, are meticulously cared for by the American Rose Society, which also happens to be headquartered on the property.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
The trails lead through woodlands and fields and over streams, ponds and marshes that are home to numerous and diverse plant and animal species.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Your brain loves spending a minimum of two hours a week in parks, woodlands or beaches.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The Forest Service says the connection people foster with their woodlands along the way is all by design.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
These woodlands were planned and planted this way over a century ago, made to resemble the Catskills or the Adirondack Mountains.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Woodlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodlands. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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