What is another word for Forests?

Pronunciation: [fˈɒɹɪsts] (IPA)

Forests are vast expanses of land that are densely populated with trees and other vegetation. Synonyms for the word forests include woodlands, groves, bosks, copse, stand, thicket, jungle, bush, and timberland. These different synonyms describe forests of varying sizes, shapes, and types that can be found throughout the world. Woodlands, for instance, typically refer to forests that are densely populated with trees, while groves and bosks refer to smaller, more isolated clusters of trees. Copse and stand refer to forests that are composed of a single species of tree, while thicket and bush describe dense and tangled forests that can be difficult to navigate. Jungle often refers to tropical forests that are thick with vegetation, while timberland is a term used to describe forests that are managed for timber production.

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Usage examples for Forests

She wondered what he was looking for; were there waves beating upon a shore for him, too, she wondered, and heroes riding through the leaf-hung Forests?
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
If he will make peace with us we need not take our war party through the Forests to Werowocomoco, and the lives of many Indians will be spared."
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
Now that he was so much more familiar with her language, it was a pleasure to discover what a maiden of the Forests thought of her own world and that strange world he had brought to touch hers.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson

Famous quotes with Forests

  • Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.
    Orison Swett Marden
  • A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, and the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  • All the things we hide in water Hoping we won't see them go. Forests growing under water Press against the ones we know.
    Annie Finch
  • Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended, Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded.
    Walter Scott

Related words: rainforest, rainforest deforestation, rainforest conservation, forest conservation, old growth forest, forest restoration, forest fire

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