glade

/gleid/

Thân thiện

A deer steps into a sunlit glade in the forest.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area: A glade is an open space within a forest, often grassy or covered with low vegetation, where sunlight can reach the ground.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • We found a beautiful, sunlit glade where we could have our picnic.
  • The deer often graze in the quiet glade near the river.

Advanced Usage

• "Forest glade": A common collocation emphasizing the location within a forest.
  • The path led us to a serene forest glade.
• "Sun-dappled glade": A descriptive phrase often used in literature to evoke an image of light filtering through the trees into the clearing.
  • The poet described a sun-dappled glade where fairies might dance.

Variants and Related Words

• Clearing (n): A more general term for an open area in a forest, often created by humans. A glade is a type of natural clearing.
  • They made a clearing to build their cabin.
• Meadow (n): A field of grass and wildflowers, typically not surrounded by dense forest. A glade is specifically an opening a forest.
  • Wildflowers bloomed in the mountain meadow.

Synonyms

• Clearing: An area of land within a wood or forest from which trees and bushes have been removed.
• Opening: A gap or vacant space within a dense area, such as a forest.

Related Phrases

• "In the heart of the glade": A phrase used to describe being in the very center of this open space.
  • An ancient oak stood in the heart of the glade.

Related Idioms

• "A glade in the wilderness": Used metaphorically to describe a peaceful, welcome respite in the midst of a difficult or chaotic situation.
  • Her kind words were a glade in the wilderness of my grief.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

Từ đồng nghĩa

• clearing