Definition of forest

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Forest (n.) An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated..

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Sylvan :: Sylvan (a.) Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic..
Pecan :: Pecan (n.) A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat..
Coafforest :: Coafforest (v. t.) To convert into, or add to, a forest..
Forestalling :: Forestalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forestal.
Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
Inhabit :: Inhabit (v. t.) To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Reafforest :: Reafforest (v. t.) To convert again into a forest, as a region of country..
Savage :: Savage (a.) Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness..
Rata :: Rata (n.) A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs..
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To forestall; to anticipitate. Havin.
Lumber :: Lumber (v. i.) To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market..
Silva :: Silva (n.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively..
Thwaite :: Thwaite (n.) Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart..
Forester :: Forester (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
Disafforest :: Disafforest (v. t.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
Horsefly :: Horsefly (n.) The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market..
Reafforestation :: Reafforestation (n.) The act or process of converting again into a forest.
Woodsy :: Woodsy (a.) Of or pertaining to the woods or forest.
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