wooded

adjective

wood·​ed ˈwu̇-dəd How to pronounce wooded (audio)
: covered with growing trees

Examples of wooded in a Sentence

These sorts of birds live in more wooded areas.
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In a wooded area just south of that shallow marsh, a park caretaker stumbled into Myers' bones. Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Aug. 2025 Less commonly, the Western black-legged tick has been documented in pockets of northern Arizona, particularly in wooded highland areas. Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025 The massive manhunt continued into Friday evening in the wooded, mountainous area. Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025 Town locked down as search for the suspect gets underway A shooting at a Montana bar left four people dead Friday, prompting a lockdown in a town several miles away as authorities searched for the suspect in a wooded, mountainous area. Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wooded

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wooded was in 1586

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“Wooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wooded. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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wooded

adjective
wood·​ed ˈwu̇d-əd How to pronounce wooded (audio)
: covered with trees

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