national forest

noun

: a usually forested area of considerable extent that is preserved by government decree from private exploitation and is harvested only under supervision

Examples of national forest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tongass is the largest national forest in the United States, and covers most of southeastern Alaska, including the state’s capital city of Juneau. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2026

What are the rules for cutting down Christmas trees in a national forest? — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Loon Mountain, a popular New Hampshire ski resort, is looking to add a fourth mountain peak and expand onto national forest land. — Digital Producer, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Temperatures were 107 degrees in some areas of the national forest Saturday. — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for national forest

• aorist
• deforest
• rainforest
• chorused
• sorest