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BNC: 35038 COCA: 34114

scrubland

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
scrubland /ˈskrʌbˌlænd/ noun
plural scrublands
scrubland
/ˈskrʌbˌlænd/
noun
plural scrublands
Learner's definition of SCRUBLAND
: land that is covered with small bushes and trees灌木丛林地带
[noncount]
[count]
BNC: 35038 COCA: 34114

scrubland

noun

scrub·​land ˈskrəb-ˌland How to pronounce scrubland (audio)
: land covered with scrub

Example Sentences

a large area of scrubland the scrublands of the American West
Recent Examples on the Web Authorities did not immediately explain how the disaster happened in the rural scrubland near a railway bridge. Nasser Karimi, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022 Only a small plaque in the scrubland commemorates the dozens of Aboriginal people who were slaughtered here. Washington Post, 11 May 2022 In 2015, these iconic Nevada horizons of long mountain chains separated by sprawling scrubland valleys were preserved for posterity. Sunset Magazine, 9 May 2022 Multiple habitats converge here, including San Joaquin Valley scrubland, the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, certain peaks of the Tehachapi Mountains, and the edge of the Mojave Desert. Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 3 May 2022 Sometime around 2018, a teenager in a blazer and bluejeans stood in desert scrubland near Las Vegas and made a pitch for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an army of drones equipped with electroshock weapons. New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022 Head south on State Route 83 amid cactus and mesquite scrubland. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2022 Plains are open areas that are mostly treeless and studded with scrubland and shrub. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 Although civil protection and the response to fires in the area have improved over the years, bureaucratic hurdles aimed at protecting Mediterranean scrubland mean that inflammable vegetation is often not cleared, creating fire hazards, experts say. Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scrubland was in 1779
BNC: 35038 COCA: 34114

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