forest

noun

ˈfȯr-əst How to pronounce forest (audio)
Definition of forestnext
as in woodland
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area the endless forest that the first European settlers encountered

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Recent Examples of forest In a post on X Thursday night, Wong said the government was looking into companies potentially responsible for the forest and peatland fires in Indonesia. — Jenny Lee,zechariah Chan, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The device is portable enough for forest recordings, but also powerful enough that Justin Bieber used one alongside an electric guitar during his 2026 Grammys performance. — Kevin Cortez, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Her quest takes her into the Impassable Wilderness — an enchanted forest just outside Portland. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 This whole process is designed to conserve as much chlorophyll as possible, says Christy Rollinson, a forest ecologist at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for forest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forest
  1. woodland
  2. forestland
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  • But then an acquaintance asked how the London lamppost ended up in the middle of Narnia’s woodland, and Lewis was intrigued enough by the question to start a prequel, The Magician’s Nephew, in order to find an answer.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The look was originally part of Chanel’s Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2026 collection, which leaned heavily into fairytales and woodland magic.
    — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of woodland
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  • Great Mountain Forest encompasses more than 6,000 acres of contiguous forestland in the towns of Norfolk and Canaan.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
  • National forestland currently encompasses around 193 million acres.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of forestland

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“Forest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forest. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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