Word for the day: forest

forest |ˈfɒr.ɪst|                                                                *bosque (en Español)

DEFINITIONnoun1 a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth: a pine forest | [ mass noun ] : a large tract of forest.• historical an area, typically owned by the sovereign and partly wooded, kept for hunting and having its own laws.• [ in place names ] denoting an area that was formerly a royal forest: Waltham Forest.2 a large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects: a forest of high-rise apartments.

verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. forested)
cover (land) with forest; plant with trees: a forested hillside.
DERIVATIVES
forestation noun
ORIGIN Middle 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’.

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