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beautiful glade

beautiful glade

3.8
An open grassy area in a forest with pretty plants and sunlight
  • noun
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  • The hikers rested in a beautiful glade surrounded by wildflowers.

Examples

  • They spread their blanket in the beautiful glade and enjoyed the peaceful afternoon.

  • Look at that beautiful glade over there!

  • Sunlight filtered through the trees, illuminating the beautiful glade ahead.

  • We found a beautiful glade in the woods.

  • Sunlight filtered through the trees, illuminating the beautiful glade ahead.

  • The hikers rested in a beautiful glade surrounded by wildflowers.

  • They spread their blanket in the beautiful glade and enjoyed the peaceful afternoon.

Antonyms

ugly
866 1.0

Not pleasant to look at

How Beautiful

beautiful glade
3.8
glade
19 5.4

Surface Forms

beautiful glade singular
beautiful glades plural

Morphology

beautiful + glade

The meaning is a direct, compositional combination of 'beautiful' (very pleasing) and 'glade' (an open area in a forest); a learner who knows both words can readily infer an attractive open area in the woods. Adjective + noun construction is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so this should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Beautiful glade comes from the simple picture of a bright, open spot in the woods. A glade is a clearing where sunlight hits the grass and flowers, so 'beautiful glade' means 'an open, grassy area in a forest that is pleasing to look at'.