glade
/ɡleɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.78 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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"
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”)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: glade, *glǣd