weald
pronunciation
How to pronounce weald in British English:
UK [wiːld]
How to pronounce weald in American English:
US [ wild]
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- Noun:
- an area of open or forested country
Word Origin
- weald (n.)
- Old English (West Saxon) weald "forest, woodland," specifically the forest between the North and South Downs in Sussex, Kent, and Surrey; a West Saxon variant of Anglian wald (see wold). Related: Wealden.
Example
- 1. Weald and downland open air museum .
- 2. The weald is about 120 million years old , give or take 10 million .
- 3. The weald is just the beginning , however , for great britain is extremely old .
- 4. We refuse comfort and ease , rush about a hao roar in the weald .
- 5. After dating the weald , darwin also observed that the total thickness of all the sedimentary strata in england would total 22 kilometers if piled on top of one another .