Forest

What do we mean by forest?

A growth of trees and other plants covering a large area. noun

A large number of objects bearing a similarity to such a growth, especially a dense collection of tall objects. noun

A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground. noun

To plant trees on or cover with trees. transitive verb

To cover with trees or wood; afforest.

In phytogeography, specifically, a closed woodland, that is, one in which the crowns of the trees touch. noun

A tract of land covered with trees; a wood, usually one of considerable extent; a tract of woodland with or without inclosed intervals of open and uncultivated ground. noun

In Great Britain, a designation still retained for some large tracts of land or districts formerly but not now covered with trees or constituting royal forests (see below), especially such as have some of the distinctive characteristics or uses of wild or broken woodland, as the Forest of Dean in England or some of the deer-forests of Scotland. noun

In English law, and formerly also in Scots law, a territory of woody grounds and pastures privileged for wild beasts and fowls of chase and warren to rest and abide in, generally belonging to the sovereign, and set apart for his recreation, or granted by him to others, under special laws, and having officers specially appointed to look after it; a hunting-preserve maintained at public expense for royal or aristocratic use: specifically called a royal forest. noun

Pertaining or relating to forests; sylvan: as, forest law.

To cover with trees or wood. transitive verb

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated. noun

A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. noun

Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. adjective

A fly of the genus Hippobosca, esp. H. equina. See Horse tick. adjective

A grassy space in a forest. adjective

Laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc., in forests. adjective

A tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree. adjective

A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods. noun

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

Any dense collection or amount.

A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.

A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.

A group of domains that are managed as a unit.

The colour forest green.

Words that are spelled similarly to forest:
forest, forrest, sorest, forst, fores, foret, foreset, florest.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word forest:
deciduous, lawn, forestry, rainforest, canopy, logging, scrub, spruce, forests, fires, wilderness, grassland, woodland, ranger, ecosystem, pine, vegetation, hiking, farmland, trees, demon, habitat, trails, wildlife, hills, preserve, scenic, slopes, reserve, timber, conservation, wake, deer, oak, dense, flora, trail, edges, streams, cleared, endangered, tree, sanctuary, recreation, protected, grove, hunting, acres, reserves, sustainable, mountains, altitude, park, endemic, lands, threatened, woods, mountain, species, elevation.

Words that rhyme with forest:
rainforest, florist, forrest, deforest, reforest, demorest, laforest, deforrest, door hissed, nor rust, sore wrist, your wrist.

Adjectives that are often used to describe forest:
tropical, dense, thick, dark, virgin, deciduous, primeval, mixed, deep, boreal, whole, open, national, natural, primary, dry, vast, secondary, green, growth, northern, temperate, ancient, wild, nearby, original, mature, mangrove, beautiful, unbroken, native, moist, swamp, wet, coniferous, heavy, entire, pine, montane, impenetrable, equatorial, coastal, enchanted, extensive, tall, lush, gloomy, humid, royal, amazonian, closed, magnificent, silent, southern, eastern, tangled, petrified, distant, continuous, primitive, adjacent, neighbouring, immense, african, undisturbed, brazilian, subtropical, trackless, riparian, rich, neighboring, lonely, subalpine, mighty, largest, huge, sacred, fir, cool, luxuriant, sal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective forest:
land, vegetation, trees, cover, dwellers, soil, areas, country, life, destruction, management, fire, fires, species, area, edge, products, lands, region, dweller, green, produce, soils, tree, zone, protection, use, floor, steppe, law, regeneration, types, clearing, birds, plants, service, preservation, property, resources, health, regions, shade, clearance, belt, communities, animals, succession, policy, reserves, growth, conservation, type, conversion, decline, community, condition, climate, environment, undergrowth, dwelling, tundra, timber, wealth, removal, habitat, caterpillar, quality, ecotone, ecosystems, reserve, purposes, caterpillars, laboratory, uses, taxation, boundary, ranger, exploitation, certification, brook, habitats, park, dieback, glade, restoration, trusts, scenery, flora, border, villages, ecosystem, laws, zones, recreation, primeval.

Consonant match to forest:
forrest, fairest, far east, ferrest.

Words that sound like forest:
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