Synonyms for barrens
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bar-uhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbær ən |
Top 10 synonyms for barrens Other synonyms for the word barrens
- arid region
- back country
- back of beyond
- badland
- barren land
- barrens
- boondocks
- boonies
- brushland
- dust bowl
- forest
- hinterland
- lava bed
- marshland
- middle of nowhere
- moor
- no-man's land
- outback
- primeval forest
- quagmire
- Sahara
- sand dunes
- solitude
- sticks
- swamp
- tundra
- void
- waste
- wasteland
- wild
- wilderness
- wilds
Définition of barrens
Origin :- c.1200, from Old French baraigne, baraing "sterile, barren" (12c.), perhaps originally brahain, of obscure derivation, perhaps from a Germanic language. In England, originally used of women, of land in France. Of land in English from late 14c. As a noun, mid-13c., "a barren woman;" later of land.
- BARRENS. Elevated lands, or plains upon which grow small trees, but never timber. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]
- As in waste : noun land that is uncultivated
- As in wilderness/wilds : noun uninhabited area
- As in wilderness : noun forest
- As in badlands : noun barren land
- As in desert : noun wasteland; dry area
- There was no alternative now but to cross the barrens to Whale River on foot.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- The ground we select is among the “barrens” before described.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- T' this the lad was listenin' like a caribou o' the barrens scentin' peril.
- Extract from : « Harbor Tales Down North » by Norman Duncan
- There were only two settlements in The Barrens, and depots were to be erected there.
- Extract from : « Ralph on the Engine » by Allen Chapman
- Just half way across The Barrens he has a house, which he calls ‘headquarters.’
- Extract from : « Ralph on the Engine » by Allen Chapman
- And I've kept the address of the owner, away up on the edge of the Barrens.
- Extract from : « The Country Beyond » by James Oliver Curwood
- She assuredly had no peer on the barrens of the upper Tobique country.
- Extract from : « The Kindred of the Wild » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- After passing these barrens for more than a mile, we got sight of the Prairies.
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume X » by Various
- Deer and grouse were very abundant on the barrens in the manor of the Red Rose.
- Extract from : « Americana Ebrietatis » by Hewson L. Peeke
- It is known as the "barns" (barrens), and is desolate enough.
- Extract from : « Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 » by Jacob Dolson Cox
Antonyms for barrens
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