Greenwood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹiːnwʊd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Greenwood is a noun meaning A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
Meaning
A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
More Meanings
- Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
- Certain half-shrubby species of genista.
Example Sentences
We who walk the greenwood do many a wild deed, and the Lady Rowena’s deliverance may be received as an atonement.
When they were young, he kissed her in the greenwood. When she brushes her fingers across her lips, she still remembers.
Within a greenewood ſweet of mirtle ſauor, when as the earth was with fayre flowers reuested, I ſaw a ſhepherd, with his Nymph that reſted, […]
But Calipine, now being left alone / Under the greenewood’s ſide in ſorie plight, / Withouten armes or ſteede to ride upon, / Or houſe to hide his head from heaven’s ſpight, […]
Word Forms
- greenwoods
- green-wood
- greenewood
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forest, westland, timberland, wildwood, wood, woodland.
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