forest: Meaning and Definition of
for•est
Pronunciation: (fôr'ist, for'-), [key]
— n.
- a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- the trees on such a tract: to cut down a forest.
- a tract of wooded grounds in England formerly belonging to the sovereign and set apart for game.
- a thick cluster of vertical objects: a forest of church spires.
—v.t.
- to supply or cover with trees; convert into a forest.
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