forest

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any dense collection or amount.
3. (countable, historical, uncountable) A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.
4. (countable, uncountable) A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.
5. (countable, uncountable) A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
6. (uncountable) The color forest green.

Verb

To cover an area with trees.

Synonyms

jungle

woods

wood

🪵

woodland

grove

bush

thicket

wilderness

tree

🌳

timberland

timber

hill

copse

dense forest

garden

afforest

park

🏞️

desert

🏜️

plantation

scrub

wild

wooded area

thick forest

thicket of trees

rainforest

re-afforest

stand

thick

field

ticket

🎫

deciduous forest

chaparral

bushland

underbrush

vegetation

virgin forest

light forest

bushes

wildwood

a piece of wood

forest type

antlers

antler

woodsy

stand of trees

land covered with forest

wooded place

also

uninhabited land

frith

Translations

forêt

Wald

bosque

foresta

bosco

floresta

bos

🪵

bois

🪵

δάσος

silva

🪵

woud

selva

Forst

bosc

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɒɹɪst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: forest

In summary

Inherited from Middle English forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis, likely from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *furhisti (“forest, fir-grove, wooded land”), equivalent to fir + hurst. Related to Old English fyrhþe (“forested land”), Old High German forst, forsti (“forest”), Old Norse fýri (“pine forest”). Doublet of frith.
Cognate with Dutch vorst (“copse, grove, woodland”), German Forst (“forest”).
In this sense, mostly displaced the native Middle English wode, from Old English wudu (modern English wood) and Middle English wold, wald, wæld, from Old English weald (modern English wold, weald).

Sentences

The forest burned for thirteen days .

Both branches run near each other through the state forest .

It washed away tents and parts of the forest on the island .

A woman wearing a blue shirt and a shirtless little boy are walking through a forest .

Above the village , to the north , in the forest of Serradell, is the hermitage of Saint Alexander .