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sunny glade

sunny glade

4.1
An open grassy area in a forest that gets a lot of sun
  • noun
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  • The children played happily in the sunny glade, surrounded by tall trees and wildflowers.

Examples

  • While hiking, we found a beautiful sunny glade that was perfect for resting and enjoying the view.

  • We set up our picnic blanket in a sunny glade where the light danced through the leaves overhead.

  • Lurching into a sunny glade, Pork came at Crown from behind, seized his shoulder, and threw a punch.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

suntrap
vssunny glade
5.8

A warm sheltered outdoor spot that gets a lot of light from the sky

is an open grassy clearing inside woods that gets abundant sunlight

Antonyms

shaded
1 1.6

Partly protected from direct sunlight by a shadow

How Shaded

shelterwood
  • Specialized
8.1
nook
40 3.0
sunny glade
4.1

Surface Forms

sunny glade singular
sunny glades plural

Morphology

sunny + glade

The meaning 'an open, grassy area in a forest that receives sunlight' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sunny' (receiving sunlight) with 'glade' (a clearing in a forest). This straightforward adjective + noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The noun sunny glade paints a simple picture: a small glade, a 'clear' open spot among trees, that is bright because it is sunny. That's why it means 'an open, grassy area in a wood that gets a lot of sunlight'.