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Synonyms for forest
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fawr-ist, for- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr- |
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Définition of forest
Origin :- 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.
- noun area with a large number of trees
- His spirit yearned after his father, and his heart was sick for his forest home.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He is aged for such a journey, if you came from the Forest since morn.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- It is a venerable chestnut, and known as "the father of the forest."
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- In a forest, solitude would be life; in a city, it is death.
- Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- About daylight I reached a forest in which I could conceal myself during the day.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- There appeared to be more wayfarers on the down than in the forest.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- If that be holiness, I could show you hogs in this forest who are fit to head the calendar.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They fished out our rivers and swept up the game like fire in the forest.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Go into the forest and wait until his message is ripe for you.'
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
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