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n.

1. An open space in a forest.
2. An everglade.

[Middle English, perhaps from glad, bright and shining. See glad¹.]

An open space in a woodland.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
  Synonym: clearing

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lysning, isfrit sted, større åbning i isen, skovslette

Nederlands (Dutch)
open plek in woud

Français (French)
n. - clairière

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lichtung, grasbewachsener Sumpf

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξέφωτο (δάσους)

Italiano (Italian)
radura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - clareira (f), atalho (m) numa floresta

Русский (Russian)
прогалина, просека, полынья, болотистый участок, поросший высокой травой

Español (Spanish)
n. - claro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - glänta

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
林间空地, 沼泽地

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 林間空地, 沼澤地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 습지, 빈터

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 林間の空地, 湿原

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فرجه, ارض خاليه في غابه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קרחת-יער‬

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