barrens

as inwaste
as inwilderness/wilds
as inwilderness
as inbadlands
as indesert

Synonyms for barrens

noun land that is uncultivated

Antonyms for barrens

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for barrens

There was no alternative now but to cross the barrens to Whale River on foot.

The ground we select is among the “barrens” before described.

T' this the lad was listenin' like a caribou o' the barrens scentin' peril.

There were only two settlements in The Barrens, and depots were to be erected there.

Just half way across The Barrens he has a house, which he calls ‘headquarters.’

And I've kept the address of the owner, away up on the edge of the Barrens.

She assuredly had no peer on the barrens of the upper Tobique country.

After passing these barrens for more than a mile, we got sight of the Prairies.

Deer and grouse were very abundant on the barrens in the manor of the Red Rose.

It is known as the "barns" (barrens), and is desolate enough.

barrens

Synonyms for barrens

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More words related to barrens

badlands

wilderness

wilderness/wilds

wildernesses