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woodland

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of WOODLAND

a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area <the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland>

Synonyms forestland, timber, timberland, wood(s), woodland

Related Words brake, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, covert, grove, scrubland, stand, thicket; greenwood, wildwood; woodlot; arboretum, plantation

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