1. an area of open uncultivated land covered with low-growing shrubs, especially heather

Examples

• The purple heather bloomed across the vast heathland.
• Wild ponies grazed freely on the Scottish heathland.
• The hiking trail wound through miles of open heathland.
• Birds of prey soared above the windswept heathland.
• The ancient burial mounds dotted the heathland landscape.
• Gorse bushes added yellow splashes of color to the heathland.