clearing

Synonyms for clearing

noun gap in area

noun. passageway dividing something

noun. community

noun. settlement of area

noun. community

noun. removal

late 14c., "action of making clear," verbal noun from clear (v.). Meaning "land cleared of wood" is from 1818, American English.

Now he scanned the trees on the edge of the clearing with painful anxiety.

The thousand or so human beings who crowded the clearing might not have existed.

"I guess you don't like the table here," she observed icily, clearing away.

"Well, I 'most wish we'd had her come home," said he at last, clearing his throat.

On her way back she had to pass through the woods, where, on one side, was a clearing.

The other two were clearing out fruit-tins with marvellous dexterity.

The clearing of the deck for the departure upset every one and everything.

He came to the edge of a clearing in which the building stood.

He went back to the mare, and went on clearing away the snow.

What clearing do you use to make them look like pale sherry?