dense forest
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2.8
- noun
- /dɛns ˈfɔrɪst/
:
bosque denso
- The dense forest swallowed the sounds of their footsteps but not the clatter of metal.
Examples
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I ran and ran until I was surrounded by the dense forest and felt completely lost.
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The Fremont lived throughout Utah's varying regions—rugged mountains, remote deserts, and dense forests—and had to adjust to unpredictable weather patterns.
Academic text (2004) -
When they looked behind them, all they could see was what seemed like miles of dense forest.
Fiction book (1997) -
Up until the middle of the 20th century, almost the entire region was covered by dense forests.
Academic text (1993) -
The tires followed the dried mud ruts through dense forest.
Fiction book (1999) -
The air cools and drops its moisture on the southern slopes, creating a dense forest.
Academic text (1995) -
Overhead, a small seaplane banks left, then dips rapidly and disappears behind the dense forest of pine and spruce trees that surround the area.
Fiction book (1994) -
Conrad Richter immersed his readers in the dark, dense forests that confronted settlers who ventured beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
Academic text (2006) -
As he made his way deep into a dense forest, he heard a sound that startled him.
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We traveled through the dense forest searching for any signs of wildlife around us.
Synonyms
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An area of thick bushes that is hard to walk through
A thick natural forest left alone by people
Antonyms
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'dense' (closely packed) with 'forest' (an area of trees); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer 'a forest with trees growing closely together'. This is a regular adjective+noun composition found cross-linguistically and follows expected English semantics, so no prior exposure is required.
Etymology
The phrase dense forest shows the idea of dense as 'packed' and forest as 'many trees', creating a picture of trees and bushes so close together you can hardly move or see. So people use it to describe a wood that is 'hard to move through' or 'hard to see through'.