forest

forest [fawr-ist, for-] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
2. the trees on such a tract: to cut down a forest.
3. a tract of wooded grounds in England formerly belonging to the sovereign and set apart for game.
4. a thick cluster of vertical objects: a forest of church spires.

verb (used with object)

5. to supply or cover with trees; convert into a forest.

Origin of forest 1250–1300; Middle English Old French Late Latin forestis (silva) an unenclosed wood (as opposed to a park), derivative of Latin forīs outside. Cf. foreign Related formsfor·est·al, fo·res·tial [fuh-res-chuh l] /fəˈrɛs tʃəl/, adjectivefor·est·ed, adjectivefor·est·less, adjectivefor·est·like, adjectivenon·for·est, nounnon·for·est·ed, adjectiveun·for·est·ed, adjectivewell-for·est·ed, adjectiveSynonyms for forest 1. Forest, grove, wood refer to an area covered with trees. A forest is an extensive area, preserving some or all of its primitive wildness and usually having game or wild animals in it: Sherwood Forest; the Black Forest. A grove is a group or cluster of trees, usually not very large in area and cleared of underbrush. It is usually tended or cultivated: a shady grove; a grove of pines; an orange grove; a walnut grove. Woods (or a wood ) resembles a forest but is a smaller tract of land, less wild in character, and generally closer to civilization: lost in the woods; a wood covering several acres. Examples from the Web for forestal Historical Examples of forestal

In forestal planting it is suggested that the planting be 44 feet.

Trees of Indiana

Charles Clemon Deam

Making sure that the girl would talk of it to Girard, she wished to forestal her.

La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages

Jules Michelet

Yet Nicaragua is rich in natural products, agricultural, forestal and mineral.

Spanish America, Its Romance, Reality and Future, Vol. 1

Charles Reginald Enock

In mediæval country life, then, commons might be either manorial or forestal.

The Customs of Old England

F. J. Snell

This would have been difficult, because, in the first place (which may forestal all further considerations), he had no forces.

The Life Of Sir John Falstaff

Robert B. Brough

British Dictionary definitions for forestal forest noun

1. a large wooded area having a thick growth of trees and plants
2. the trees of such an area
3. NZ an area planted with exotic pines or similar treesCompare bush 1 (def. 4)
4. something resembling a large wooded area, esp in densitya forest of telegraph poles
5. law (formerly) an area of woodland, esp one owned by the sovereign and set apart as a hunting ground with its own laws and officersCompare park (def. 5)
6. (modifier) of, involving, or living in a forest or forestsa forest glade

verb

7. (tr) to create a forest (in); plant with trees

Derived Formsforestal or foresteal (fəˈrɛstɪəl), adjectiveforested, adjectiveforestless, adjectiveforest-like, adjectiveWord Origin for forest C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin forestis unfenced woodland, from Latin foris outside Word Origin and History for forestal forest n.

late 13c., “extensive tree-covered district,” especially one set aside for royal hunting and under the protection of the king, from Old French forest “forest, wood, woodland” (Modern French forêt), probably ultimately from Late Latin/Medieval Latin forestem silvam “the outside woods,” a term from the Capitularies of Charlemagne denoting “the royal forest;” perhaps via Old High German forst, from Latin foris “outside” (see foreign), with a sense of “beyond the park,” the park being the main or central fenced woodland.

Another theory traces it through Medieval Latin forestis, originally “forest preserve, game preserve,” from Latin forum in legal sense “court, judgment;” in other words “land subject to a ban” [Buck]. Replaced Old English wudu.

forest v.

1818 (forested is attested from 1610s), from forest (n.).

forestal in Science forest [fôr′ĭst]

1. A growth of trees covering a large area. Forests exist in all regions of the Earth except for regions of extreme cold or dryness.

Idioms and Phrases with forestal forest

see can’t see the forest for the trees.