Forest Noun Bre ˈfɒrɪst ˈfɔːrɪst Tropical Fire Thousands

• a tropical forest
• a forest fire
• thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year.
• a forest of television aerials

forest

1. a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees
• see also rainforest
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• a tropical forest
• a forest fire
• Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year.
2. a mass of tall narrow objects that are close together
• a forest of television aerials
3. to not see or understand the main point about something, because you are paying too much attention to small details

Extra Examples

• Forest is being cleared to make way for new farming land.
• He warned her never to enter the forest at night.
• Much of Europe was once covered in forest.
• They got lost in the forest.
• Thick forest stretched as far as the eye could see.
• We slashed our way through the dense forest.
• a large stretch of virgin forest
• the forest surrounding the village
• One careless match can start a forest fire.
• The species is found in both coniferous and deciduous forests.

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘wooded area kept for hunting’, also denoting any uncultivated land): via Old French from late Latin forestis (silva) , literally ‘(wood) outside’, from Latin foris ‘outside’, from fores ‘door’.