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noun
1.
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
2.
the trees on such a tract: to cut down a forest.
3.
a tract of wooded grounds in England formerly belonging to the sovereign and set apart for game.
4.
a thick cluster of vertical objects: a forest of church spires.
verb (used with object)
5.
to supply or cover with trees; convert into a forest.
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Forested
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin forestis (silva) an unenclosed wood (as opposed to a park), derivative of Latin forīs outside. Compare foreign
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin forestis (silva) an unenclosed wood (as opposed to a park), derivative of Latin forīs outside. Compare foreign
Related forms
for·est·ed, adjective
for·est·less, adjective
for·est·like, adjective
non·for·est, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
1. Forest, grove, wood refer to an area covered with trees. A forest is an extensive area, preserving some or all of its primitive wildness and usually having game or wild animals in it: Sherwood Forest; the Black Forest. A grove is a group or cluster of trees, usually not very large in area and cleared of underbrush. It is usually tended or cultivated: a shady grove; a grove of pines; an orange grove; a walnut grove. Woods (or a wood) resembles a forest but is a smaller tract of land, less wild in character, and generally closer to civilization: lost in the woods; a wood covering several acres.
1. Forest, grove, wood refer to an area covered with trees. A forest is an extensive area, preserving some or all of its primitive wildness and usually having game or wild animals in it: Sherwood Forest; the Black Forest. A grove is a group or cluster of trees, usually not very large in area and cleared of underbrush. It is usually tended or cultivated: a shady grove; a grove of pines; an orange grove; a walnut grove. Woods (or a wood) resembles a forest but is a smaller tract of land, less wild in character, and generally closer to civilization: lost in the woods; a wood covering several acres.
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| forest (ˈfɒrɪst) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a large wooded area having a thick growth of trees and plants |
| 2. | the trees of such an area |
| 3. | (NZ) Compare bush an area planted with exotic pines or similar trees |
| 4. | something resembling a large wooded area, esp in density: a forest of telegraph poles |
| 5. | law Compare park (formerly) an area of woodland, esp one owned by the sovereign and set apart as a hunting ground with its own laws and officers |
| 6. | (modifier) of, involving, or living in a forest or forests: a forest glade |
| —vb | |
| 7. | (tr) to create a forest (in); plant with trees |
| [C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin forestis unfenced woodland, from Latin foris outside] | |
| 'forestal | |
| —adj | |
| foresteal | |
| —adj | |
| 'forested | |
| —adj | |
| 'forestless | |
| —adj | |
| 'forest-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
forest
c.1300, "extensive tree-covered district," especially one set aside for royal hunting and under the protection of the king, from O.Fr. forest, probably from L.L./M.L. forestem silvam "the outside woods," a term from the Capitularies of Charlemagne denoting "the royal forest;" perhaps via O.H.G. forst,
EXPANDfrom L. foris "outside," with a sense of "beyond the park," the park being the main or central fenced woodland. Another theory traces it through M.L. forestis, originally "forest preserve, game preserve," from L. forum in legal sense "court, judgment;" in other words "land subject to a ban." Replaced O.E. wudu.
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Science Dictionary
forest  (fôr'ĭst) Pronunciation Key
A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large area. Forests exist in all regions of the Earth except for regions of extreme cold or dryness. |
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