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How to pronounce forest in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms afforest
Type of set, plant
Has types reforest, re-afforest
Derivation forestry


afforest the mountains.
Type Words
Synonyms wood, woods
Type of botany, flora, vegetation
Has types jungle, old growth, rain forest, rainforest, second growth, bosk, virgin forest, grove
Type Words
Synonyms timber, timberland, woodland
Type of biome, dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma
Has types silva, riparian forest, sylva, greenwood, tree farm

Examples of forest

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Interpretive signs along the trail highlight the natural features of the forest.
From the thenewstribune.com
Difficulty is moderate as it meanders through a 484-acre oak and hickory forest.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The court is designed to give the impression of a brown-and-tan fir tree forest.
From the omaha.com
On the palate, the wine has sweet tannins and a slight feel of the forest floor.
From the online.wsj.com
The forest preserves in Kane and McHenry counties also are open to snowmobilers.
From the dailyherald.com
More than 16% of the urban area consists of forest, recreation and green spaces.
From the cnn.com
The courtyard had been covered with asphalt and had a forest of weeds and vines.
From the post-gazette.com
They practice subsistence hunting, farming and gathering firewood in the forest.
From the suntimes.com
Search for the blue and white asters and white snakeroot along the forest floor.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Afforest: establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest the mountains"
  • The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
  • Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
  • (forested) covered with forest; "efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest"
  • (forestry) the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber
  • A forest (also called a wood, woodland, wold, weald, holt, frith or firth) is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on the various criteria. These plant communities cover approximately 9. ...
  • FOREST (an acronym for "Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco") is a United Kingdom political pressure group that campaigns for the right of people to smoke tobacco and opposes attempts to ban or reduce tobacco consumption. FOREST also disputes the health risks of smoking.
  • Forest is the seventh album of pianist George Winston and his sixth solo piano album, released in 1994. It was reissued on Dancing Cat Records in 2008. The album won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. ...
  • Forest (French, pronounced) or Vorst (Dutch, pronounced) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.