WILDLAND

Etymology

Noun

wildland (countable and uncountable, plural wildlands)

land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area.

Usage notes

• The singular form wildland is commonly used in noun compounds, either attributively as in wildland fire, wildland ecosystem, wildland preservation and so on, or via hyphenation as in wildland-urban interface (WUI). Otherwise, this term is ordinarily found in its plural form wildlands.

Synonyms

• wasteland

• wilderness

Hypernyms

• land

Source: Wiktionary



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