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beautiful glade

beautiful glade

1 3.8
An open grassy area in a forest with pretty plants and sunlight
  • noun
: claros hermoso
  • 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
842 1.0

Not pleasant to look at

How Beautiful

beautiful glade
1 3.8
glade
17 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'.