forests

We have found lemma(root) word of forests : forest.

Definitions


[ˈfɒrɪst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth
(e.g: a pine forest)

- a large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects
(e.g: a forest of high-rise apartments)


Phrases:

Origin:
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], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cover (an area) with forest
(e.g: the northern parts of the province are heavily forested by coniferous trees)


Phrases:

Origin:
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)




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