forest
1. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area (Freq. 36) • Syn: wood, woods • Derivationally related forms: woodsy (for: woods) • Hypernyms: vegetation, flora, botany • Hyponyms: bosk, grove, jungle, rain forest, rainforest, old growth, virgin forest, second growth • Member Meronyms: underbrush, undergrowth, underwood, tree 2. land that is covered with trees and shrubs (Freq. 2) • Syn: woodland, timberland, timber • Hypernyms: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma, biome • Hyponyms: greenwood, riparian forest, silva, sylva, tree farm • Instance Hyponyms: Black Forest, Schwarzwald, Sherwood Forest, Wilderness
establish a forest on previously unforested land - afforest the mountains • Syn: afforest • Derivationally related forms: forestry, afforestation (for: afforest) • Hypernyms: plant, set • Hyponyms: re-afforest, reforest • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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