woodlot

noun

Definition of woodlotnext
as in grove

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Recent Examples of woodlot 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 For example, forested areas and woodlots with acorns can concentrate deer. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for woodlot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woodlot
  1. grove
  2. hedge
  3. coppice
  4. copse
  5. thicket
  6. stand
  7. brushwood
Noun
  • The resort is perched on cliffs overlooking turquoise waters, surrounded by lemon groves and ancient ruins, but beneath its pristine façade lie secrets of exploitation, hypocrisy and clashing egos.
    — Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Iconic Architecture in Puglia Photo: Getty Images Often referred to as the heel of Italy’s boot, Puglia is a landscape of raw beauty and intense diversity (just look to its rocky coastlines, ancient olive groves, and quiet countrysides for proof).
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of grove
Noun
  • Historically, REITs have delivered competitive returns and serve as a good inflation hedge.
    — Francis Gingras Roy, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Phone calls were made and shouts were heard over hedges as moms were informed their offspring would be dining abroad.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of hedge
Noun
  • The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
  • Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.
    — Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
Definition of coppice
Noun
  • Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • After eight hours of hard fighting in a copse of trees near the hamlet of Kruglenkoe, the Ukrainians piled into armored trucks and sped back to the safety of the main Ukrainian line, half a mile to the east.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Definition of copse
Noun
  • Either in an Elite Eight game that should be a Final Four game, or earlier in the especially thorny thicket that’s facing them as the lowest top seed?
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Just consider the agony of merging two or more sprawling thickets of technology.
    — Forbes, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of thicket
Noun
  • Communities with limited health care access stand to suffer disproportionately, too.
    — Richard Hughes IV, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Luckily, screens are also very affordable — this 100-inch option comes with a stand for $40 on sale, while this 150-inch screen is $75 on sale.
    — Clint Davis, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of stand
Noun
  • During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.
    — Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Definition of brushwood

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“Woodlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodlot. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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