Glade

Definitions

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
2. A surname.
3. An everglade.
   colloquial
4. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
5. A bright surface of ice or snow.
6. A gleam of light.
   obsolete
7. A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
   obsolete

Equivalents

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⟳.”

“[…] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring⟳, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.”

“a glade of ice”

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