rain forest
noun
1
: a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches (254 centimeters) and marked by lofty broad-leaved evergreen trees forming a continuous canopy
called also tropical rain forest
2
: temperate rain forest
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The two visit Amir’s environmentalist friend in the town of Tarija, which is being harassed by an oil company bent on exploiting the Bolivian rain forest. 
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022 Visitors to the Kyambura Gorge often liken the prehistoric-feeling rain forest to Jurassic Park. Christine Chitnis, ELLE, 24 May 2022 Once the road reached the river, loggers would use the waterway to penetrate the rain forest and fell mahogany, cedar and other trees. Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2022 Visit the world's oldest living rain forest Down Under. Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2022 Within a couple of months, the dry-season burning of the southern Amazonian rain forest, caused mostly by land clearing for agriculture and cattle grazing, had raised a global alarm about the future of the vital area. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 28 June 2022 Sometime in the 1930s Samuel escaped the plantations and trekked down the Andes slopes to the rain forest in Brazil. Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2022 While in-the-know hikers have been lining up to book it ever since, the experience is arguably becoming more scenic, as the rain forest continues to recover from the fires, which affected some parts of the trail. Sarah Reid, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2021 On the first day of the hike, traveling through an abundant rain forest flush with damp moss and ferns, Christin Lipinski was filled with wonder. AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2022 See More
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022 Visitors to the Kyambura Gorge often liken the prehistoric-feeling rain forest to Jurassic Park. Christine Chitnis, ELLE, 24 May 2022 Once the road reached the river, loggers would use the waterway to penetrate the rain forest and fell mahogany, cedar and other trees. Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2022 Visit the world's oldest living rain forest Down Under. Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2022 Within a couple of months, the dry-season burning of the southern Amazonian rain forest, caused mostly by land clearing for agriculture and cattle grazing, had raised a global alarm about the future of the vital area. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 28 June 2022 Sometime in the 1930s Samuel escaped the plantations and trekked down the Andes slopes to the rain forest in Brazil. Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2022 While in-the-know hikers have been lining up to book it ever since, the experience is arguably becoming more scenic, as the rain forest continues to recover from the fires, which affected some parts of the trail. Sarah Reid, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2021 On the first day of the hike, traveling through an abundant rain forest flush with damp moss and ferns, Christin Lipinski was filled with wonder. AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
rain forest
noun
: a woodland with a high annual rainfall and very tall trees and that is often found in tropical regions