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Synonyms for forests
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fawr-ist, for- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr- |
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Définition of forests
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
- All the mountains, and rivers, and forests—all the people in the world?
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- Did I not say that mountains and rivers and forests are nothing?
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- And the other was lost for ever, and she was alone in the forests and mountains of the world.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- La Bresse is still a rich commune by reason of its forests and industries.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- On the way they set fire to forests and covered five little villages.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- I adore the sea and the plain, but I neither care for mountains nor for forests.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- On the right was earth with its towns, forests, and rivers, and the beings that live in each.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
- Did Orpheus by his lay humanize the rugged beasts and teach the forests to listen?
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- But the forests were gone, the streams enslaved by the power monopolies.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- "Those are the woodcutters of the forests of the Seille," said Silvere.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
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