glade (redirected from Glade (disambiguation))

glade  (gld)

n.

1. An open space in a forest.

2. An everglade.

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[Middle English, perhaps from glad, bright and shining; see glad¹.]

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glade [gleɪd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) an open place in a forest; clearing

[of uncertain origin; perhaps related to glad¹ (in obsolete sense: bright); see gleam]

gladelike  adj

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glade - Originally referred to a part of water not frozen over, but surrounded by ice, drawing an analogy to the same word for an opening in the woods.

See also related terms for surrounded.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glade - a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area clearing parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land

Translations

glade [gleɪd] N → claro m

glade [ˈgleɪd] n → clairière f

glade

n → Lichtung f

glade [gleɪd] n → radura