Forest synonyms

wood

(Uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

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stand of trees

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wilderness

Any barren, empty, or open area, as of ocean

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timberland

Forested land, especially land containing timber of commercial value.

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grove

A habitational surname for someone who lived near a grove.

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glade

An everglade

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timber

(Uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

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silva

The trees or forests of a region.

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jungle

Any confused, tangled growth, collection, etc.

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thicket

A thick growth of shrubs, underbrush, or small trees

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scrub

A preparation or product used in scrubbing.

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woodland

Land covered with woods or trees; forest

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timber-land

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copse

A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice.

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woods

(Uncountable) A dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area; smaller than a forest.

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bosk

A small wooded place; grove; thicket

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dingle

A harbour town in County Kerry Ireland, and the peninsular on which it stands.

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the forest primeval

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brake

An area overgrown with dense brushwood, briers, and undergrowth; a thicket.

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coppice

A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark.

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sylvan

The definition of sylvan is something that is wooded, or like the woods or the forest.

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weald

An area of open rolling upland.

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bush

Anything resembling a bush

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clump

The compressed clay of coal strata.

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boscage

(Art) Among painters, the term is used for a picture depicting a wooded scene.

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greenwood

A town in Florida

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virgin-forest

A forest being more or less free from human ecological disturbance.

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brushwood

Dense undergrowth.

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brush

An implement typically consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, grooming, or applying a liquid.

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spinney

(UK) A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.

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second growth

Tree growth on land stripped of virgin forest

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dell

Valley

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sylvatic

Of or having to do with a disease present in a population of animals in the wild

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trees

Plural form of tree

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shelter

The state of being covered or protected:

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growth

The definition of a growth is something that has grown on something else or an abnormal mass.

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wildlife-rich (related)

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varzea (related)

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semi-deciduous (related)

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backwoods

Heavily wooded areas far from centers of population

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cover

(Music) A cover version.

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covert

(Ornithology) Any of the small feathers covering a particular area of a bird, as the bases of the larger feathers of a wing or tail

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chase

A town in Wisconsin

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wold

Tennyson

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park

A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move:

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area below timberline

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purlieu

(Historical) An outlying part of a forest, exempted from forest laws and returned to private owners

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taiga

A subarctic area of northern Eurasia and North America located just south of the tundra and covered largely with coniferous forests dominated by firs and spruces.

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wildwood

Woodland that has developed naturally, especially where a suitable climate has developed with it.

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afforest

To make into forest

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silviculture

The care and cultivation of forest trees; forestry.

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moorland (related)

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tall timber

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rainforest (related)

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rain-forest (related)

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pinewoods (related)

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cork-oak (related)

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polylepis (related)

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forests (related)

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wetland (related)

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