glade

C1 Topic:Nature & Landscape

US /ɡleɪd/ See IPA manual

Freq #32309

Meanings

1

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

[…] are creating more "glades," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow.
2

noun
A bright surface of ice or snow.

A glade of ice.
3

noun
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
4

noun
An everglade.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an open passage through a... clearing

3 noun · a tract of land with few or... clearing

Word family

Derived forms gladedgladelikegladesvillegladevillegladymoongladesunglade

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Phrases (1)

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sylvan glade
an open space within a wood or forest

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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”)).

Topics

Nature & Landscape

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# glade

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡleɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 32309

## Meanings
1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
2. A bright surface of ice or snow.
3. a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
4. An everglade.

## Examples
- […] are creating more "glades," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow.
- A glade of ice.

## Derived Forms
- gladed
- gladelike
- gladesville
- gladeville
- glady
- moonglade
- sunglade

## Etymology
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”)).

## Topics
- Nature & Landscape

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