noun
heath
HEETH/hiːθ/
Open uncultivated land with low shrubs and poor acidic soil.
The heath stretches across sandy ground with low shrubs.
Etymology
Old English hæð named heather and similar shrubs before naming the uncultivated land where they grew. The landscape thus took its name from its characteristic vegetation.
In context
wet heath is abundant
More examples
- Several heaths remained uncultivated.
- They walked over the heath.
- The heath had few trees.
Forms
heath · heaths
Similar words
- moor
- Open upland terrain that can be wetter or broader.
- scrubland
- Land covered with shrubs without the same soil association.