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forest

Syllabification: (for·est)
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Definition of forest

noun

  • a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth:a pine forest much of Europe was covered with forest
  • a large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects:a forest of connecting wires
  • historical (in England) an area, typically owned by the sovereign and partly wooded, kept for hunting and having its own laws.

verb

[with object] (usually as adjective forested)
  • cover (land) with forest; plant with trees:a forested area

Phrases

cannot see the forest for the trees

fail to grasp the main issue because of excessive attention to details.

Derivatives

forestation

noun

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'(see foreign)

forest in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of forest in the British & World English dictionary