forest
Other forms: forests; forested; foresting
A forest is a densely wooded area, or land covered with trees and shrubs. As a verb it means to establish a forest where none existed before.
Famous forests include the Sherwood Forest of Nottinghamshire, England, associated with legend of Robin Hood; the Black Forest of southwestern Germany, so named because it's so dense that very little light enters it; the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil (and 8 other countries of South America); and the forests that make up the Redwood National and State Parks of California, where you can find the tallest trees on earth.
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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded areatypes:boska small wooded areagrovea small growth of trees without underbrushjunglean impenetrable equatorial forestold growth, virgin forestforest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activitysecond growtha second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cuttingtemperate rain foresta rain forest in a temperate areatype of:
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land that is covered with trees and shrubssynonyms: timber, timberland, woodlandexamples:Black Foresta hilly forest region in southwestern GermanySherwood Forestan ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry bandWildernessa wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil Wartypes:greenwoodwoodlands in full leafriparian forestwoodlands along the banks of stream or rivertree farma forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial usepinetuman area planted with pine trees or related coniferstype of:biomea major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
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establish a forest on previously unforested landsynonyms: afforest
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Vocabulary lists containing forest
Turn over a new lexical leaf and branch out with this list of arboreal vocabulary. Learning these words will really spruce up your language!
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