forest
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- noun
- /ˈfɔrɪst/
- We enjoyed a peaceful hike through the beautiful forest this weekend.
- tropical forests
- forest management
- forest fires
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Watch on YouTubeWell, we love forests, We like trees, so we plant trees.
- Well, we love forests, We like trees, so we plant trees.
- We want to see the forest, not the trees.
- A book set in the forest or at sea.
- We lock them in zoos, they live in the forest, we are their masters.
- And so I've been kind of bumbling around in that forest for about a year.
- And let me address the forest and fire part of it first.
- It feels the smell from the forest charges me and heals me.
- I have cities, no houses, a forest, yet no trees.
- That was the fucking Mexican forest back then, you know what I mean?
Examples
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We went on a walk to this gorgeous forest with huge ferns.
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Five generations of Jordans have lived and died in this forest by the highway.
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I mean, they were there in the forest before anyone came.
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I was lost in some dark forest, looking for him.
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In this world, there is a forest that only I know of.
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Once upon a time, three little maidens were lost in a great forest.
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The Army's advance through the forest is painfully slow.
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It feels the smell from the forest charges me and heals me.
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Unfortunately, the ongoing destruction of peat swamp forests means that such research will soon be impossible.
Academic text (2011) -
An abandoned mongoose cub was found in the forest and was brought back to the hamlet.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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An area of land covered with many trees and low plants
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A dense tropical forest with thick plants that are hard to walk through
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A large thick forest in the tropics with very heavy rain
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An area with many trees where people can walk
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A large, thick forest that gets a lot of rain and has many plants and animals
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Land with many trees and bushes, not a deep forest
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A forest with trees close together that makes it hard to move or see
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Land covered with trees used to make wood
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A small area of land with trees often used to grow wood or shelter animals
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Land that has many trees or is kept to grow trees
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A remote forest area far from towns and roads
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A thick natural forest left alone by people
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A forest of trees that lose their leaves every year, like oak and maple
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A flat area with trees and wet sandy soil that often floods
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An area of trees and plants that grows along a river or stream
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A small forest mainly made of oak trees
Idioms
- Informal
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To notice small important details while keeping the whole situation in mind
Compounds
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A large area of tall trees near the equator that gets heavy rain and has many plants and animals
- Specialized
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A group of plants, animals, and other living things that interact in a forest
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A forest in France where American and German soldiers fought in a large 1918 World War I battle
A national park in northeastern Arizona with many colorful tree logs turned to stone
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A young stage of a moth that lives in groups and eats leaves, leaving a flat web like a carpet
An important AD 9 battle where Germanic tribes led by Arminius destroy Roman soldiers and stop Rome's advance into Germania
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Etymology
Forest comes from an old Latin word foris, which means 'outside'. People used it for land 'outside' towns that was wild and full of trees, so forest now means a large area covered mainly with trees.