Meanings
plural heathlands
- countableuncountableA tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.
Beyond the latter station—reached after traversing the only level mile of track between East Suffolk Junction and Beccles—a stiffish climb leads across heathland to Wickham Market Station, which is actually at Campsea Ashe, 1½ miles from the town of Wickham Market.
1954 December, D. S. Barrie and B. D. J. Walsh, “Railways of East Suffolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 816Synonyms: heath
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From heath + land. Compare Saterland Frisian Heedelound (“heathland”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 石楠荒原
- 石楠荒原heathland
Czech vřesoviště
- vřesovištěheathland
Dutch heide, dopheide
- heideheathland
- dopheideheathland
Finnish nummi
- nummiheathland
German Heideland
- Heidelandheathland
Icelandic heiði
- heiðiheathland
Polish wrzosowisko
- wrzosowiskoheathland
Slovak vresovisko
- vresoviskoheathland
Swedish hedmark
- hedmarkheathland
Cite this entry
heathland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heathland
“heathland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heathland. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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