Wilderness - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition (syn: wild)
a wilderness of masts in the harbor
Extra examples
She enjoys hikes through the wilderness.
...released the wolf back into the wilderness...
That garden is a wilderness.
The garden was a wilderness.
The south side of the city had become a lawless wilderness.
...several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area...
...the hardships that the pioneers endured while taming the wilderness...
...after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature...
...farsighted conservationists long ago realized that wilderness areas of breathtaking beauty needed to be protected from future development...
...the hikers were finally rescued after a three-day ordeal in the wilderness...
...the outmost areas of the park, where few tourists venture, are still wilderness...
...the team of scientists will use dogsleds to travel across the pathless Antarctic wilderness...
From the time he was a child, the wilderness beckoned to him.
The wilderness campsite had its own peculiar enchantment.
The settlement left little impression on the wilderness.
Word forms
singular: wilderness
plural: wildernesses
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