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woodlot

woodlot

2 3.8
A small area of land with trees often used to grow wood or shelter animals
  • noun
  • /ˈwʊdˌlɑt/
  • US
translation icon : maderera
  • We enjoyed hiking through our woodlot to observe the wildlife and collect firewood.
  • farm woodlots

Examples

  • The maples in the woodlot beyond the fields flamed in slanting sunlight.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The children built a fort in the small woodlot behind their house, surrounded by tall trees.

  • So I grew up pretty much right near the woodlot.

    The Mothman Legacy (2020)

  • My buck is probably one of the bigger ones in the woodlot.

    Blog text (5)

  • I hunt a small woodlot that is surrounded by houses and I-95.

    Blog text (5)

  • There are lots of families that have managed small forests and woodlots for years, maintaining healthy ecological systems on their properties.

    Blog text (10)

  • Though the custom had largely passed away, every wise farmer kept a woodlot for lumber and firewood.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • A woodlot, thick and pitch-black against the marginally lighter night sky, stood about fifty yards away.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I grew up in this country on 16 acres of old pastures and woodlots with endless rows of vegetables to hoe.

    Academic text (2001)

  • In 1845, Emerson offered Thoreau the use of his newly purchased woodlot on Walden Pond to build his small cabin and live as a naturalist.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

forest
vswoodlot
970 1.0

A large area of land covered mostly with trees and bushes

is smaller often actively managed for timber or wildlife
wood
vswoodlot
835 1.0

An area with many trees where people can walk

is smaller and usually managed for production or habitat
woods
vswoodlot
150 1.0

An area of land covered with many trees and low plants

is smaller and used mainly for wood production or habitat
timber
vswoodlot
41 3.7

Land covered with trees that can be used for wood

is smaller and used more directly for production or habitat
woodland
vswoodlot
27 2.6

Land with many trees and bushes, not a deep forest

is smaller and often managed specifically for wood or wildlife
timberland
vswoodlot
2 5.1

Land covered with trees used to make wood

is smaller and specifically managed for wood and habitat
forestland
vswoodlot
1 2.8

Land that has many trees or is kept to grow trees

is smaller and used more directly for local wood production or habitat
bosk
vswoodlot
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A small area of trees growing close together

is similar but usually without management for timber or habitat
woodlet
vswoodlot
  • UK
9.3

A small area of trees in a garden with few plants under them

is similar but emphasizes production or habitat management
bosket
vswoodlot
  • Archaic
9.9

A small group of trees growing close together

is smaller and less focused on planned wood production

How Big

forest
970 1.0
woodland
27 2.6
woodlot
  • US
2 3.8
grove
104 2.8
copse
3 7.5

Surface Forms

woodlot singular
woodlots plural

Morphology

woodlot = wood + lot (transparent) = wood + lot

The meaning is a straightforward compound: a small plot (lot) of trees (wood).

Etymology

Woodlot is simply wood + lot, where lot means a 'piece of land' like in 'parking lot'. So a woodlot is a small area of land covered with trees and often kept for firewood or wildlife.