Tra từ forest - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

for·est [forest forests forested foresting] BrE [ˈfɒrɪst] NAmE [ˈfɔːrɪst] NAmE [ˈfɑːrɪst] noun
1. countable, uncountable a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees
•a tropical forest
•a forest fire
• Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year.
see also ↑rainforest

2. countable ~ (of sth) a mass of tall narrow objects that are close together
•a forest of television aerials
Idiom: ↑not see the forest for the trees
See also: ↑not see the wood for the trees

Word 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’, from fores ‘door’.

Thesaurus:
forest noun C, U
•The species is found in both coniferous and deciduous forests.
wood/woods • • woodland/woodlands • • rainforest • • jungle • • plantation •
dense forest/wood/woodland/jungle
tropical forest/rainforest/jungle

Example Bank:
•Forest is being cleared to make way for new farming land.
•He warned her never to enter the forest at night.
•Much of Europe was once covered in forest.
•They got lost in the forest.
•Thick forest stretched as far as the eye could see.
•We slashed our way through the dense forest.
•a large stretch of virgin forest
•the forest surrounding the village
•One careless match can start a forest fire.
•The species is found in both coniferous and deciduous forests.