forest
noun /ˈfɒrɪst/
/ˈfɔːrɪst/
Idioms 
enlarge image[countable, uncountable] a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees- a tropical/pine forest
- One careless match can start a forest fire.
- Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year.
- the forest floor/canopy
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographya2- 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 species is found in both coniferous and deciduous forests.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dense
- thick
- impenetrable
- …
- stretch
- tract
- plant
- clear
- cut down
- …
- stretch
- surround
- tree
- floor
- canopy
- …
- in a/the forest
- through a/the forest
- the edge of the forest
- the heart of the forest
- the middle of the forest
- …
- [countable] forest (of something) a mass of tall narrow objects that are close together
- a forest of cranes on the skyline
Word OriginMiddle 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’.
Idioms
not see the forest for the trees (North American English)
(British English not see the wood for the trees)
- to not see or understand the main point about something, because you are paying too much attention to small details