Synonyms for forest
ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr-for·est

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1. forest, wood, woodsnoun

   the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

   Synonyms:
   woodland, timberland, woods, woodwind instrument, wood, timber, woodwind

2. forest, woodland, timberland, timberverb

   land that is covered with trees and shrubs

   Synonyms:
   woodland, tone, quality, wood, timbre, timberland, woods, lumber, timber

3. afforest, forestverb

   establish a forest on previously unforested land

   "afforest the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   afforest

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1. • Plant

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1. forestnoun

   Synonyms:
   wood (of large extent), woods, woodland, grove

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1. forestnoun

   Synonyms:
   wood, woodland, timber-land, woods, wold, wildwood

   Associated words:
   sylvan, sylviculture, nemophilist, nemophily, nemoral, afforest, afforestation, silenus, hamadryad, glade, reforestize, reforestation, reboise, reafforest, forestry, forester, disboscation, disforest disforestation, hag, assart, camass, cruise, cruiser

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1. List of paraphrases for "forest":

   forestry, forests, forêt, forestière, forestier, woods, bosque, woodland, forestali, forester, foresters, forested, jungle, timber, forestal, forêts, stumpage, wald, logging, wood, rainforest, forest-related, selva, lin, vorst, woodlands, laforest

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. forest

   Synonyms:
   Wood, woods

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1. Eric Walsh:

   This was no ordinary case of littering in the National Forest, this was full-scale trashing of the public lands, and merited a term of incarceration.

2. Hadi Jatmiko:

   This will be a bad precedent related to other similar lawsuit against the forest fires perpetrators in the future.

3. Forest Service:

   Public input isn't always about the environmentalists asking the Forest Service to write more paper (environmental reviews) or cut less trees. wildland fire management.

4. Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana:

   On Wednesday night, our members were alerted to this particular incident by a member of the community, who reported that four young men in their 20s have been burned alive in an open field in Lady Frere, the SAPS members responded to the call and immediately rushed to the crime scene where The SAPS members found the deceased lying bent on the ground. While the detectives were busy working and processing the crime scene, another report came through that two more bodies of young men were found hanged in a nearby forest in an administrative area known as Maqhashu.

5. Beka Munduruku:

   We are a very strong people and will be able to stop this and continue fighting for our land and the protection of the forest.