American English pronunciation
How to pronounce forest
IPA transcription: ['fɔɹəst]
Pronunciation variants: ['fɔɹəst]['fɔɹɪst]['fɚəst]['fɚɪst]
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Noun
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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
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land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Verb
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establish a forest on previously unforested land
“afforest the mountains”
Usage examples
- Portions of the township are served by Forest Hills Public Schools.
- Pacas inhabit rainforests, cloud forests, and sometimes more open habitats.
- There was a forest fire in Los Angeles.
- The area has an inter-connected and heavily forested recreational trail system.
- Harris was buried at Forestvale Cemetery in Helena, Montana.
- It serves as a powerful information clearing-house for the media and the forest movement.
- It encompasses and is the only national forest located in the Florida Panhandle.
- The fish flee into the sea, and the reptiles into the forests.
- His downtown office answering machine message said, I'm out planting a forest.
- This species is found in forest clearings.