Meaning & use
forest
A large area of land densely covered with trees and other plant life.
See it in a sentence
They hiked for hours through a dense forest before reaching the waterfall.
Wildfires destroyed thousands of acres of forest across the region last summer.
A note on using this word
Forest generally implies a larger, denser area of trees than woods, though the two words overlap in everyday use.
Words with a similar meaning
woodswoodland
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