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glade.

An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡleɪd/
  1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

  2. An everglade.

    colloquial
  3. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.

  4. A bright surface of ice or snow.

    a glade of ice
  5. A gleam of light.

    obsolete
  6. A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English glade, glode, glede (“a gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English *glǣd, *glād, related to Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).

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