forest

noun, often attributive

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for·est | \ ˈfȯr-əst

, ˈfär- \

Definition of forest

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract A fire destroyed acres of forest. forests of pine and mahogany

2 : a tract of wooded land in England formerly owned by the sovereign and used for game

3 : something resembling a forest especially in profusion or lushness a forest of microphones a kelp forest a forest of skyscrapers

forest

verb

forested; foresting; forests

Definition of forest (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to cover with trees or forest land densely forested with firs

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Other Words from forest

Noun

forestal \ ˈfȯr-ə-stᵊl

, ˈfär- \ or forestial \ fə-ˈre-stē-əl

, fȯ- , -ˈres-chəl , -ˈresh- \ adjective

forested \ ˈfȯr-ə-stəd

, ˈfär- \ adjective

Verb

forestation \ ˌfȯr-ə-ˈstā-shən

, ˌfär- \ noun

Examples of forest in a Sentence

Noun Fires destroyed acres of forest. the endless forest that the first European settlers encountered

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun But others might think twice before settling down in Sherwood forest. — Telis Demos, WSJ, 13 May 2022 Then Kaino pivots and leads us into a mystical forest that’s thick with illusions and storytelling. — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022 It is estimated that nearly 1.5 billion acres of global forest have been lost to tobacco farming since the 1970s, according to the report. — Tracy J. Wholf, ABC News, 12 May 2022 Much of the grounds are devoted to developing a seaside botanical forest filled with tropical fruits and herbs. — Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2022 The trail and its 1,500-year-old trees were among the sprawling tracts of sequoia forest burned in wildfires over the past two years. — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2022 It was built of Norwegian spruce harvested from a forest less than a half-hour drive from Brumunddal; even the elevator shafts are made of wood. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 10 May 2022 The terrain is decidedly jungly, with lush broad-leaved forest dominating most of the slopes and limestone crags giving way to hundreds of caves. — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022 There were regular attacks, and a missile strike forced them to start sleeping in a nearby forest. — Phil Mccausland, NBC News, 6 May 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb There is little data on serious injuries to forest watchers in India, but the country has recorded at least 318 ranger deaths since 2012, according to the International Ranger Federation. — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022 These three trails have varied scenery from urban to forest to rural areas. — John Pana, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022 Food production is responsible for major water quantity and quality problems, often requires herbicides and pesticides that endanger biodiversity, and engenders forest and wildland losses when lands are converted to agriculture. — Alejandra Borunda, Environment, 27 Dec. 2021 Rights to forest land are contentious worldwide, with indigenous and local communities from Brazil to India pitted against government officials and hardline conservationists. — Rina Chandran, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2021 At the same time, resistance to forest thinning by some environmental organizations was garnering public attention. — Kathleen Ronayne, ajc, 9 Nov. 2021 In recent years forest fires in Alaska have broken records, burning more acreage, more intensely and for longer. — Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021 To re-forest the hills blackened by the fire, the Camp Marston staff planted 40,000 pine seedlings donated by the California Department of Forestry. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021 The fires have burned more than 140,000 acres, from soaring mountains along the California-Nevada border to forest north of Mt. Shasta and the gateway to Yosemite. — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021 See More

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