What does forest mean?
Definitions for forest
ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr-for·est
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word forest.
Princeton's WordNet
forest, wood, woodsnoun
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
forest, woodland, timberland, timberverb
land that is covered with trees and shrubs
afforest, forestverb
establish a forest on previously unforested land
"afforest the mountains"
Wiktionary
forestnoun
A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods.
Etymology: From forest, from forest, from foresta, first used in the Capitularies of Charlemagne in reference to the royal forest (as opposed to the inner woods, or parcus). Displaced native weald, wald, from weald, scogh, scough, from skógr, and frith, firth, from fyrhþ.
forestnoun
Any dense collection or amount.
Forest of criticism.
Etymology: From forest, from forest, from foresta, first used in the Capitularies of Charlemagne in reference to the royal forest (as opposed to the inner woods, or parcus). Displaced native weald, wald, from weald, scogh, scough, from skógr, and frith, firth, from fyrhþ.
forestnoun
A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.
Etymology: From forest, from forest, from foresta, first used in the Capitularies of Charlemagne in reference to the royal forest (as opposed to the inner woods, or parcus). Displaced native weald, wald, from weald, scogh, scough, from skógr, and frith, firth, from fyrhþ.
forestnoun
a disjoint union of trees
Etymology: From forest, from forest, from foresta, first used in the Capitularies of Charlemagne in reference to the royal forest (as opposed to the inner woods, or parcus). Displaced native weald, wald, from weald, scogh, scough, from skógr, and frith, firth, from fyrhþ.
forestverb
To cover an area with trees.
Etymology: From forest, from forest, from foresta, first used in the Capitularies of Charlemagne in reference to the royal forest (as opposed to the inner woods, or parcus). Displaced native weald, wald, from weald, scogh, scough, from skógr, and frith, firth, from fyrhþ.
Webster Dictionary
Forestnoun
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
Etymology: [OF. forest, F. fort, LL. forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris, foras, out of doors, abroad. See Foreign.]
Forestnoun
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
Etymology: [OF. forest, F. fort, LL. forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris, foras, out of doors, abroad. See Foreign.]
Forestadjective
of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan
Etymology: [OF. forest, F. fort, LL. forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris, foras, out of doors, abroad. See Foreign.]
Forestverb
to cover with trees or wood
Etymology: [OF. forest, F. fort, LL. forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris, foras, out of doors, abroad. See Foreign.]
Freebase
Forest
Forest is a city in Scott County, Mississippi. The population was 5,987 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Scott County.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Forest
for′est, n. a large uncultivated tract of land covered with trees and underwood: woody ground and rude pasture: a preserve for large game, as a deer forest: a royal preserve for hunting, governed by a special code called the Forest Law.—adj. pertaining to a forest: silvan: rustic.—v.t. to cover with trees.—n. For′estage, an ancient service paid by foresters to the king: the right of foresters.—adjs. For′estal; For′est-born (Shak.), born in a wild.—ns. For′ester, one who has charge of a forest: an inhabitant of a forest; For′est-fly, a dipterous insect sometimes called Horse-fly, from the annoyance it causes horses.—adj. For′estine.—ns. For′est-mar′ble, a fissile limestone belonging to the middle division of the Jurassic System, so called because the typical beds are found in Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire; For′est-oak, the timber of the Australian beefwood trees; For′estry, the art of cultivating forests; For′est-tree, a timber-tree. [O. Fr. forest (Fr. forêt)—Low L. forestis (silva), the outside wood, as opposed to the parcus (park) or walled-in wood—L. foris, out of doors.]
Rap Dictionary
forest
Parkway Forest Drive (aka Forest) is a North York neighbourhood bounded on the west by Don Mills Road, on the north by Sheppard Avenue, on the east by the Don Valley Parkway, and on the south by Highway 401. It is a dense development of high-rise rental apartment buildings, low-rise rental apartment buildings and townhouse complexes. The area has began to see an increase in criminal activitys in recent years, including the drug sweep of 25 Parkway Forest Drive apartment building by 33 division police. In early 2005, the "North York Community Council" committee of the Toronto City Council rejected a proposal to replace many of the low-rise apartment buildings and townhouses by seven high-rise towers ranging in height from 39 to 49 storeys. SGN™
Editors Contribution
forest
An area of land planted with trees that is managed sustainably with biodiversity, social access and community management
Forests are beautiful and so amazing for the environment.
Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'forest' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1470
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'forest' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2108
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'forest' in Nouns Frequency: #515
Anagrams for forest »
fetors, fortes, foster, Foster, softer
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Fortes
Foster
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of forest in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of forest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of forest in a Sentence
This is one of the reasons why I think the highest increase in risk for wildfires will probably be in the forests. The risk of big true forest fires is going to be especially elevated in Southern California.
Anthony Fauci're essentially chasing after a forest fire.
As the Department of Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, we've been looking to use drones for several years now and really the technology has finally caught up to where we can efficiently use them on the fire as far as battery life and capacity.
With BR-319, we are going to cross this tipping point, this is more than enough, you're opening a totally new frontier across the core of the Amazon forest.
There is definitely extensive damage to the forest where we have our treaty rights, i am sure we have lost a number of deer to the fire.
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Translations for forest
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- абнаAbkhaz
- bosAfrikaans
- ጫካAmharic
- غابةArabic
- meşəAzerbaijani
- урманBashkir
- лесBelarusian
- лес, гора́, залесявамBulgarian
- জঙ্গল, বনBengali
- koadBreton
- selva, forest, boscCatalan, Valencian
- хьунChechen
- lesCzech
- лѣсъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- вӑрманChuvash
- coedwigWelsh
- skovDanish
- Wald, aufforsten, Forst, Gehölz, HainGerman
- δάσος, δρυμόςGreek
- forsto, arbaro, arbariEsperanto
- selva, bosque, florestaSpanish
- metsEstonian
- basoBasque
- جنگل, بیشهPersian
- metsä, korpi, salo, selkonenFinnish
- skógur, skógvurFaroese
- sylve, bosquet, brousse, bois, boqueteau, forêtFrench
- bosk, wâldWestern Frisian
- coilltigh, coill, foraoisighIrish
- coilleScottish Gaelic
- selva, floresta, bosqueGalician
- ka'aguyGuaraní
- જંગલ, વનGujarati
- kurmiHausa
- יַעַרHebrew
- जंगल, वनHindi
- forèHaitian Creole
- erdőség, erdősít, erdő, fásít, ligetHungarian
- թավուտ, անտառArmenian
- bosco, foreste, silvaInterlingua
- hutan, pohonIndonesian
- tikiġaq, uummaqInupiaq
- foresto, boskoIdo
- skógurIcelandic
- foresta, bosco, selvaItalian
- יַעַרHebrew
- 林, 森, 森林Japanese
- ტყეGeorgian
- ағаш, орманKazakh
- orpippassuitKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ព្រៃKhmer
- ಹಳುವು, ಕಾಡು, ಅಡವಿ, ಮಲೆ, ಕಾನನ, ವನ, ಕಾನು, ಅರಣ್ಯKannada
- 숲, 삼림, 森林Korean
- ормон, токойKyrgyz
- silvaLatin
- BëschLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ປ່າໄມ້, ປ່າLao
- miškasLithuanian
- mežs, apmežotLatvian
- alaMalagasy
- шума, пошумуваMacedonian
- കാട്, വനംMalayalam
- ой модd, ойMongolian
- वनMarathi
- hutanMalay
- masġar, forestaMaltese
- တော, သစ်တောBurmese
- bebossen, woud, bosDutch
- skogNorwegian
- tsintahNavajo, Navaho
- selva, forèstOccitan
- mitigwaaki, mitigwaakiinOjibwe, Ojibwa
- хъӕдOssetian, Ossetic
- ਵਣPanjabi, Punjabi
- lasPolish
- bosque, mata, floresta, selvaPortuguese
- sach’ara, sach'a-sach'aQuechua
- pădure, mulțime, împăduri, silvă, codruRomanian
- лесRussian
- अरण्यः, अटवी, वनःSanskrit
- vuovdiNorthern Sami
- šuma, les, шума, lug, лес, лугSerbo-Croatian
- කැලයSinhala, Sinhalese
- hora, lesSlovak
- pogozdovati, hosta, gozd, slap, lesSlovene
- pyllAlbanian
- skog, kluster, samling, beskoga, återplantera, skogsdungeSwedish
- msitu, poriniSwahili
- வனம், புறவு, கடறு, அடவி, காடு, அரண், தில்லம், அழுவம், கா, கான், பொழில், காட்டில்Tamil
- అడవి, అటవీTelugu
- беша, ҷангалTajik
- ป่า, ป่าไม้Thai
- tokaýTurkmen
- ağaçlandırmak, ormanlaştırmak, ormanTurkish
- урманTatar
- ئورمانUyghur, Uighur
- лісUkrainian
- جنگلUrdu
- oʻrmonUzbek
- rừngVietnamese
- fot, fotilVolapük
- bwès, bosWalloon
- װאַלד, וואַלדYiddish
- 森林Chinese
- ihlathiZulu
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