Defenition of the word forest

• Defenition of the word forest

  • A vegetation community dominated by trees and other woody shrubs, growing close enough together that the tree tops touch or overlap, creating various degrees of shade on the forest floor.
  • In graph theory, a disjoint union of trees.
  • 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
  • establish a forest on previously unforested land

Synonyms for the word forest

• • afforest
  • jungle
  • plant
  • reforest
  • timber
  • timberland
  • tree-plant
  • wood
  • wooded area
  • woodland
  • woods

Similar words in the forest

• • forest
  • forest's
  • forestall
  • forestalled
  • forestalling
  • forestalls
  • forestation
  • forestation's
  • forested
  • forester
  • forester's
  • foresters
  • foresting
  • forestry
  • forestry's

Meronymys for the word forest

• • tree
  • underbrush
  • undergrowth
  • underwood

Hyponyms for the word forest

• • Black Forest
  • bosk
  • greenwood
  • grove
  • jungle
  • old growth
  • rain forest
  • rainforest
  • re-afforest
  • reforest
  • riparian forest
  • Schwarzwald
  • second growth
  • Sherwood Forest
  • silva
  • sylva
  • tree farm
  • virgin forest

Hypernyms for the word forest

• • biome
  • botany
  • dry land
  • earth
  • flora
  • ground
  • land
  • plant
  • set
  • solid ground
  • terra firma
  • vegetation

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