Forest
31forest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wood[s], tall timber, timber land, woodland; grove, coppice, copse, thicket. See vegetable. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. woods, wood, timberland, woodland, jungle, timber, growth, stand of trees, grove,… …
32forest — for|est W2S2 [ˈfɔrıst US ˈfo: , ˈfa: ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin foris outside (because it was outside the main fenced area of woods)] a large area of land that is covered with trees →↑wood thick/dense forest ▪ Much of… …
33forest — n. & v. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. b the trees growing in it. c a large number or dense mass of vertical objects (a forest of masts). 2 a district formerly a forest but now cultivated (Sherwood …
34Forest of Ae — The Forest of Ae is located between Nithsdale and Annandale in Dumfries and Galloway in south west Scotland. The forest was first planted in the 1920s, primarily with Sitka spruce. It has the designation of a Priority Forest for Red Squirrel… …
35Forest — Iglesia en Forest, de estilo art decó. Forest (francés) o Vorst (neerlandés) es uno de los diecinueve municipios de la Región de Bruselas Capital (Bélgica). El 1 de enero de 2005, contaba con 47.555 habitantes, lo que supone una densidad de… …
36forest — [[t]fɒ̱rɪst, AM fɔ͟ːr [/t]] ♦♦♦ forests 1) N VAR A forest is a large area where trees grow close together. Parts of the forest are still dense and inaccessible. ...25 million hectares of forest. 2) N COUNT: with supp, usu N of n A forest of tall… …
37forest — noun the cooling shade of the forest Syn: wood(s), woodland, timberland, trees, bush, plantation; jungle, rain forest, pinewood; archaic greenwood; taiga, boreal forest, Carolinian forest, Acadian forest …
38forest */*/*/ — UK [ˈfɒrɪst] / US [ˈfɔrəst] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms forest : singular forest plural forests a large area of land covered by trees and other plants growing close together My aunt loved to walk in the forest at sunrise. Acid rain is …
39forest — Ulu lā au, nahele. Also: moku, mō, kua lā au, ulueki. ♦ Forest clump, maha lā au. ♦ Rain forest, ma ukele. ♦ Uplands forest, wao kele, māulukua. ♦ Edge of forest, pili lā au. ♦ Forest of the sea, ulu lā au makai (of a fleet at… …
40forest — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin forestis (silva) unenclosed (woodland), from Latin foris outside more at forum Date: 13th century 1. a dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a… …
