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Word: Forest
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in the sense ‘wooded area kept for hunting’, also denoting any uncultivated land): via Old French from late Latin forestis (silva), literally ‘(wood) outside’, from Latin foris ‘outside’ (see foreign)
ˈfɒrɪst
a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth
Short Definition:large area covered with trees
Examples:- a pine forest
- a large tract of forest
a large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects
Short Definition:large number of vertical or tangled objects
Examples:- a forest of high-rise apartments
Word: Forest
Speech Type: Verb
ˈfɒrɪst
cover (an area) with forest
Short Definition:cover with forest
Examples:- the northern parts of the province are heavily forested by coniferous trees
- this area is forested with indigenous trees
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