parkland
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈpɑrkˌlænd/
:
área verde
- Human settlement is restricted to a tiny fraction of the islands' land mass—97 percent is national parkland.
- parkland and green space
- national parkland
- forests and other parklands
Examples
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Tactical officers began searching parkland and woods in the area.
Blog text (16) -
But if you look around, it's just a bunch of really nice Parkland, which is cool.
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Just against the use of this parkland for that purpose.
Blog text (1) -
Half of Oregon is protected Federal parkland.
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Mr. White has offered to donate all the proceeds from the sale of his photographs to help us save our parklands.
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Fifty acres, or half the original site, serve as tropical parkland, an amenity for the surrounding skyscrapers.
Academic text (1998) -
Dense thickets along the stream gave way to open parkland beneath a wide oak canopy.
Fiction book (1996) -
The expansion of disc golf would be significantly influenced by the availability of existing parkland to accommodate a disc golf course or the creation of new parks.
Academic text (2013) -
Families often enjoy picnics in the beautiful parkland during the summer.
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The city's parkland provides a perfect escape for nature lovers and hikers.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large public area with grass and trees for people to relax
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3.2
An open grassy area near houses where people meet or play
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4.4
A protected area of land for wildlife or local people
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3.2
Shared open land in a community like a park or pasture
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5.5
An area of land left in its natural state and not built on
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3.0
A park or grassy place in a town where people can relax and play
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3.1
Open land with grass and wildflowers where animals graze
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Etymology
Parkland is simply park + land: park once meant an 'enclosed area' for keeping animals or for hunting, and land means 'ground'. So parkland is land set aside like a park — open or protected ground for people to enjoy or for nature to be saved.