bushland C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape US /ˈbʊʃlænd/ UK /ˈbʊʃlænd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun uncultivated land covered with natural scrub or bush, especially in Australia They hiked for hours through dense, silent bushland. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · uncultivated land covered... scrublandwildernessoutbackbackcountrybushwilds ↔ Opposites farmlandcropland Word family Related forms bushland Etymology AI details A compound of bush + land. Bush ('uncultivated country') is from Dutch bosch ('woods'), reinforced in colonial usage; land is from Old English land. bosch Dutch land Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Nature & Landscape External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # bushland **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbʊʃlænd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbʊʃlænd/ ## Meanings 1. uncultivated land covered with natural scrub or bush, especially in Australia ## Examples - They hiked for hours through dense, silent bushland. ## Synonyms - scrubland - wilderness - outback - backcountry - bush - wilds ## Antonyms - farmland - cropland ## Related Forms - bush - land ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bosch - Root: land ## Etymology A compound of bush + land. Bush ('uncultivated country') is from Dutch bosch ('woods'), reinforced in colonial usage; land is from Old English land. ## AI Etymology Bushland is a compound of bush + land. Bush ('uncultivated country') is from Dutch bosch ('woods'), reinforced in colonial usage; land is from Old English land. The historical trail runs through bosch in Dutch and land in Old English. Morphologically, bushland is transparent: it is a compound of bush + land. Used as a noun, bushland now means "uncultivated land covered with natural scrub or bush, especially in Australia", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as bush and land. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape markdown